Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era. Insights from a University of California study suggest that early Earth had ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...

MSU scientists studied microbes in Yellowstone hot springs to understand how life adapted to increasing oxygen levels.

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

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

The domestication of maize is one of the greatest examples of humankind's impact on evolution. Early farmers' pre-industrial plant breeding choices turned corn from a nearly inedible crop into the ...

Paleontologists have been arguing whether modern birds developed before or after the infamous asteroid for decades. Now, a ...