A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth ...

In Earth’s early days, more than 4 billion years ago, the surface was a dangerous and unpredictable place. Violent volcanoes, ...

Earth is far from a static place. That's true in the present, but it's even more apparent when you look to the past, as Earth ...

Why did life on Earth choose alpha amino acids as the building blocks of proteins? A new study suggests the answer lies in ...

Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation ...

Why did life on Earth choose alpha amino acids as the building blocks of proteins? A new study suggests the answer lies in the stability of their ...

New study provides clearer insight into how the Moon formed and why its materials closely resemble those of Earth.

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

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Scientists have uncovered an unexpected witness to Earth’s distant past: tiny iron oxide stones called ooids. These mineral snowballs lock away traces of ancient carbon, revealing that oceans between ...

The question of life’s origin on Earth has long intrigued scientists, with a growing body of research now suggesting it may ...