One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.

The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

Scientists have long debated why Earth and Mars lack certain essential elements. A new study reveals that these missing ...

For more than 150 years, scientists have debated whether Prototaxites—which stood roughly 24 feet tall and 3 feet wide—were an early lichen or fungus, like a “giant mushroom” ...

The finding, reported in the science journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, is significant because the data reported by the ...

Earth received water toward the final stages of its formation. This reshapes understanding of the conditions needed for life.

The prevailing theory had been that the moon was the result of a collision between early Earth and the protoplanet Theia. New measurements indicate that the moon formed from material ejected from ...

A research team has discovered another piece in the puzzle of the formation of the Moon and water on Earth. The prevailing theory was that the Moon was the result of a collision between the early ...

Polyester microdroplets, possible precursors to life, were formed from alpha-hydroxy acids (αHAs) in early Earth-like conditions even at low reaction volume, low reactant concentrations ...