A new study explores how complex chemical mixtures change under shifting environmental conditions, shedding light on the ...

In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as the East African Rift. Far from being a mere curiosity, this rift holds the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) picture of the month for February 2025 is showing off the power of planet formation.

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

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

The finding, reported in the science journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, is significant because the data reported by the ...

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

After those samples arrived on Sept. 24, 2023, we got to dive into a tale of rock, ice and water that hints at how life could ...

In mid-December of 2024, scientists officially updated the World Magnetic Model (WMM), which helps keep track of our planet’s ...

Water, one of the essential ingredients for life on Earth, did not appear on the planet until after the moon-forming event, a new study claims ...