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

Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than 3.5 billion years ago is changing the way ...

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

These results suggest that similar reactions between helium and iron may have occurred within Earth’s core shortly after its formation, trapping much of the primordial helium-3 in the material that ...

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...

New James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images show the first carbon dioxide-containing planet discovered outside of Earth’s ...

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

The data supports the idea that water arrived in small quantities after the formation of the Moon, during the late stages of Earth's formation. "This discovery changes the understanding of when ...

Geologists say they have identified the planet's oldest known impact crater in Western Australia's ancient Pilbara region, a ...

The discovery that inert helium can form bonds with iron may reshape our understanding of Earth’s history. Researchers from ...