Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new ...

Learn about the new perspective on Earth's reduction of moderately volatile elements, a discovery made possible by meteorites ...

Earth received water toward the final stages of its formation. This reshapes understanding of the conditions needed for life.

Researchers have unveiled new findings that reshape our understanding of the Moon's formation and Earth's early hydration.

Samples of organic matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building ...

A new study from the University of Houston could change the way we understand how lakes were formed.Aibing Li, a UH seismologist and co-author of the ...

Scientist have concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as previously thought, an insight that bears directly on the question of when life originated on the planet. The finding ...

A team of researchers led by Katherine Bermingham from Rutgers University in New Brunswick has discovered that water did not ...

Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study found that oxygen-17 isotopes on the moon closely match Earth's. This finding disputes earlier ideas that the moon's ...

The prevailing theory had been that the moon was the result of a collision between early Earth and the protoplanet Theia. New measurements indicate that the moon formed from material ejected from ...

Oct. 4, 2022 — Most theories claim the Moon formed out of the debris of a collision between the Earth and an object about the size of Mars, called Theia, coalescing in orbit over months or years ...