Brimming with kid-friendly articles, puzzles and fun facts, What on Earth! Magazine gives children a rich, immersive reading ...

Solar system is a collection of various celestial bodies that are held together by the gravitational pull of the sun. Our ...

Geography teachers will be in tears over these common geography mistakes How many of these geography mistakes have you made?

A new study has revealed how phosphorus, a nutrient essential for photosynthesis, surged into ancient oceans and started ...

Extreme heat deep in Earth’s crust forged the strong, stable continents that have endured for billions of years.

Roughly 4.5 billion years ago, the young solar system was a swirling cloud of gas and dust that formed the first asteroids and planets, including the young Earth, then a hot, molten sphere likely ...

Researchers discovered a new field of ancient tektites in South Australia, revealing a long-forgotten asteroid impact. These ...

Researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of Earth's earliest incarnation, preserved in ancient mantle rocks. A ...

The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) is a particularly weak region of Earth’s magnetic field that can cause satellites to ...

The deficit of this isotope is now thought to mean that some of the oldest rocks on Earth are actually remnants of our planet’s prototype.

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