Researchers find that Earth’s orbital rhythms influenced sediment and organic preservation in Jurassic shale deposits.
A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...
A recent photo from NASA's Curiosity rover gives an idea of what Mars would look like under skies that resemble our own on ...
In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly ...
Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...
Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...
A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar ...
Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...
New research shows how RNA, a key molecule for life, may have formed on early Earth using simple chemistry and materials delivered by asteroid impacts, linking space science with the origins of life ...
From the summit of Mount Everest to the depths of the Mariana Trench, Earth’s surface reveals dramatic extremes. This video ...
How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don't yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that ...
Tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere have been drifting to the moon for billions of years, guided by Earth’s magnetic field.