The earliest forms of animal life on our planet continue to fascinate scientists, who are seeking to unravel the mystery of ...

NASA’s discovery of potential evidence of ancient life on Mars means “our galaxy could be teeming with life,” says a ...

Think of it this way: only around 10,000 decently sized meteorites slam into Earth per year. Meanwhile, the planet is ...

Here’s what you will learn when you read this story: Abiogenesis—the emergence of life from nonliving organics—is the leading theory regarding how life spawned on Earth, but it is being questioned.

New research has found that amino acids, the building blocks of life, may have traveled to Earth on interstellar dust grains, ...

A new study used mathematical formulas and demonstrated that it’s highly unlikely life began on Earth. Instead, the ...

Microbes high in Earth’s stratosphere produce pigments to protect them from UV light – so similar molecules could be ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

A study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society has recreated in the laboratory chemical reactions that may ...

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

Geophysicists have modeled how Earth’s magnetic field could form even when its core was fully liquid. By removing the effects ...

Crucial for marine life and the global economy, coral reefs are the planet's first major environmental system to cross a ...