The human body needs these elements to both survive and thrive. Let's dive into Earth's crust, our atmosphere and even space itself to explore the building blocks of our world and beyond.

The radioactive elements are found most abundantly in ... denudational differentiation then combined in developing the earth's crust. We now find in the latter all those rocks which hold a maximum ...

Like a moth in a cocoon, the metamorphosis of Earth's crust from molten goop to solid land is hidden from view, leaving ...

In addition to the potential for mining valuable rare earth metals, scientists are eager to learn more about their impacts to human health and aquatic environments. There are no state or federal water ...

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's mantle. These anomalies are surprisingly similar to sunken chunks of Earth's ...

Baryte crystal on matrix from Cerro Huarihuyn, Peru. Strontium is one of the most abundant elements in the Earth’s crust. However, only two carbonate minerals—celestite and strontianite ...

Though hydrogen is the most common element in the universe (around 75% of the universe’s mass), it is rare on Earth, making ...