Deep inside Earth, far below the crust and oceans, lie vast hidden regions that many geophysicists suspect could have shaped the conditions for life at the surface. I cannot verify specific scientific ...

Mesopelagic fish, long overlooked in ocean chemistry, are now proven to excrete carbonate minerals much like their shallow-water counterparts—despite living in dark, high-pressure depths. Using the ...

Researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of Earth's earliest incarnation, preserved in ancient mantle rocks. A unique imbalance in potassium isotopes points to remnants of “proto Earth” ...