A new study suggests that life may emerge rapidly on Earth-like planets once conditions become favorable. By analyzing ...

An astronomer at Columbia University is suggesting that because life emerged so soon on Earth after its formation, it may ...

These findings could lead to a better understanding of the inner workings of our planet and how life here will evolve over time. The Earth is made ... core is "almost science fiction," Vidale ...

Perhaps the falling of water, the most crucial element that sustains us, also played a greater role in the origin of life on Earth than we previously recognized.” Mindy Weisberger is a science ...

Super-Earths can exist in wider orbits around their parent stars than was previously believed, suggesting these Earth-like ...

Over the next decade or two, society has a window of opportunity to radically redefine our relationship with the planet to reduce risks of dangerous global changes that could otherwise seriously ...