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

The appearance of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere was a turning point in the history of our planet, forever transforming the ...

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

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great ...

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

The pioneering artist's blend of sensual and sacred themes leave a map for music to reclaim its ancestral funk ...

Scott Saleska receives funding from National Science Foundation, NASA, and U.S. Department of Energy. Ghiwa Makke receives funding from National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy. Chris ...

Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation. Initially, the planet was barren and inhospitable, missing water and ...

About 4.6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity. The Sun, planets, and eventually Earth formed out of the cloud. But when did ...

Forty-six years ago this month, a sports channel launched in Bristol with a few-dozen employees. They worked in a building still under construction, in a part of the city that formerly hosted a ...