Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era. Insights from a University of California study suggest that early Earth had ...
New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary formation processes ...
One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...
Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new ...
Earth received water toward the final stages of its formation. This reshapes understanding of the conditions needed for life.
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 led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as ...
Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...
In samples NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu, scientists have discovered of organic compounds, including key building ...
Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...
There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...
New research overseen by a Rowan University professor may help support that theory.