NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

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 OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

By exploring Yellowstone's geothermal springs, scientists discovered the microbes that reveal how life adapted to harsh conditions billions of years ago.

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

In the journal Nature Communications, Montana State University scientists in the College of Agriculture highlight fresh ...

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

New work offers insight into how early life adapted from a low-oxygen atmosphere to the one that exists today.

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids.

Jan. 8, 2025 — A new study finds that one of the hottest periods in ... the past half a billion years, but a new analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 billion years ago.

The IPCC predicts that global temperatures will be 2.7°C (4 ... years will be exceeded in just the next 20 years. In turn, that will lead to potentially devastating impacts for all life on Earth.