Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

An Oxford study suggests Earth’s water may be native, challenging the idea that asteroids brought water to Earth after the ...

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Scientists say tailored clothes, ochre-based sunscreen, and cave shelter helped Homo sapiens survive a magnetic shift 41,000 ...

One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on ...

University of Oxford researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids ...

With an abundant supply of liquid water, Earth is one of the few places in the universe where life can develop and ... incredibly rich' in hydrogen, which forms water when combined with oxygen.

Recent research led by the University of Bristol has made waves by pushing back the timeline of Earth’s earliest life form by ...

Water-rich meteorites contain key ingredients for life, yet they barely appear in meteorite collections. Recent research using shooting stars may explain why.

Moon is slowly moving away from Earth at a rate of 3.8 centimetres per year. This gradual drift affects Earth’s rotation and ...

In those drill sites, Curiosity detected deposits containing an iron carbonate material called siderite. According to Ben ...

Scientists have made a bold leap in the search for life’s origins, offering a fresh look at how chemistry might have crossed ...