Compared to previous theories, the current research emphasizes the complexity of the biological and chemical processes that brought about life.
An international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system that challenges long-standing theories of how ...
A closer look at the planets around a star called LHS 1903 may just flip our understanding of how planetary systems form.
Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.
The Trump administration's latest move to undermine environmental protections - a repeal of the endangerment finding - is the most dangerous yet.
When the supercontinent Pangea began to fragment around 200 million years ago during the Early Jurassic, it reshaped the face of the planet. Vast new oceans opened, continents drifted apart and the ...
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Did life begin in space even before Earth existed? Study finds ancient amino acids in asteroid Bennu
Samples from the asteroid Bennu hint that some of life’s ingredients were forming long before Earth existed. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned dust a.
A new paper in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society argues the simplest answer may work: contact binaries like ...
The experts can use these findings in their search for life on exoplanets with similar chemical profiles.
A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.
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Earth’s Core May Be Hiding 45 ‘Oceans’ Worth of Hydrogen, New Study Finds
New experiments suggest that Earth’s core may store vast hidden reserves of life-essential hydrogen.
Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.
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