Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints ...

Using AI and advanced chemistry, scientists uncovered 3.3-billion-year-old chemical traces that mark the earliest evidence of ...

Geologists discovered ancient rocks in Greenland that preserve the oldest known traces of Earth’s early magnetic field.

Ancient supercontinent Nuna's breakup around 1.5 billion years ago set off a chain of events that made Earth more habitable, ...

Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists today published fresh ...

Antarctica's ice cores are like frozen diaries of Earth's past, preserving ancient air and climate clues. Most continuous ...

Scientists have long wondered why Earth's overall makeup doesn't fully match the mix of materials found in ancient meteorites. One hypothesis has been that our proto-Earth (what the earliest stages of ...

The earliest days of Earth held secrets that scientists are still trying to uncover. One of the greatest mysteries is how life began. A key part of the answer lies in a rare element: phosphorus. This ...

Researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of Earth's earliest incarnation, preserved in ancient mantle rocks. A unique imbalance in potassium isotopes points to remnants of “proto Earth” ...

Ancient trees may have played a key role in regulating Earth's climate during the last ice age—by 'breathing' less ...

Some of Earth's oldest rocks buried deep in Western Australia may hold new clues about the dramatic event that gave rise to ...

Cemented dunes in Gale Crater reveal evidence of late-stage water that may have preserved organic signals beneath the Martian ...