Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial impacts churned its surface and interior into a seething ocean of magma—an ...

New research reveals that Earth’s solid inner core is actually in a superionic state, where carbon atoms flow freely through ...

Scientists have discovered a new state of matter that isn't a solid, liquid, or gas. Researchers call this new type of ...

Researchers have discovered that not all atoms in a liquid are in motion and that some remain stationary regardless of the ...