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

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

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

New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.

Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...

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

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

Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that ...

Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...