Building on Smith's analysis and Durkheim's terminology, this essay proposes a way to analyze religious life into three essential elements. I often refer to these elements as "dimensions" because, ...

Scientists have long debated why Earth and Mars lack certain essential elements. A new study reveals that these missing ...

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

Three key ingredients are needed for life as we know it: essential elements like carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur; an energy source, and liquid water. Though Europa is only the size of our own moon ...

NASA has unveiled the initial analysis results of samples collected from the asteroid Bennu in 2020 by the Osiris-Rex ...

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

These critical elements include rare earth elements, precious metals, and even some that are essential to life, like phosphorus. Endangered elements in the chemical enterprise face critical supply ...

For years, scientists have been puzzled about why Earth and Mars have fewer important elements like copper and zinc compared ...

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a true factory for the production and dissemination of elements essential to all complex structures in the Universe, particularly life. The Webb telescope ...

Analyses conducted on Bennu's samples show an impressive diversity of organic and mineral compounds. These elements, essential for life, suggest that conditions conducive to its emergence were ...

NASA's Osiris-Rex mission reveals vital chemical compounds in Bennu asteroid dust, including organic molecules essential for life, supporting the theory that asteroids may have delivered life's ...