The giant-impact hypothesis posits that billions of years ago a Mars-sized body named Theia collided with the early Earth.

By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very ...

Fluctuations in ancient Earth’s environment might have propelled the chemical complexity that laid the foundation for life.

In pursuit of empire and domination, of territorial conquest or racial and religious supremacy, wars stand as a stubborn ...

In a recent paper published in National Science Review, a jointed team of scholars from China and UK has made significant ...

When Earth first formed, it was too hot to retain ice. This means all the water on our planet must have originated from ...

How Life's Building Blocks Took Shape on Early Earth: The Limits of Membraneless Polyester Protocell Formation Feb. 6, 2025 — A recent study investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential ...

For most of its history, Earth has existed in a greenhouse state—warm, ice-free, and rich in atmospheric carbon dioxide. The ...

Mars, our neighboring red planet, possesses some of the most dazzling and extreme geological features within our solar system ...

As NASA astronauts aim for landings in 2027, geologists find surprises in recently retrieved samples from the far ...

A team of researchers has found an unusual spike in beryllium-10 levels in the Pacific seabed, dating back 10 million years.

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...