The chemical element sulfur is essential for all lifeforms and is a building block of proteins and amino acids. By studying ...

Scientists have have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of ...

Illustration of a stage in the formation of the Earth-moon system. The Earth had recently formed (4,600 million years ago) when it was struck by a large protoplanet, sometimes dubbed Theia, roughly ...

A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy. Using ...

Researchers have discovered a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, providing new insights into ...

Astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0, challenging current understanding of ...

We know Earth formed roughly 4.54 billion years ago and that the first single cell lifeforms were present roughly 1 billion years after that. What we don’t know is what triggered the process ...

A new study suggests that this organism likely lived on Earth only 400 million years after its formation. Further analysis ...

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the ...

We may be starting to get a grasp on what kick-started life on Earth – and it could help us search for it on other planets ...

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the ...

A study shows that electrical charges in sprays of water can cause chemical reactions that form organic molecules from inorganic materials. The findings provide evidence that microlightning may have ...