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

Scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science used a powerful combination of cutting-edge chemistry and artificial ...

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

A new study uncovered fresh chemical evidence of life in rocks more than 3.3 billion years old, along with molecular traces showing that oxygen-producing photosynthesis emerged nearly a billion years ...

New study reveals tiny chemical clues in ancient rocks, showing that early life and early photosynthesis appeared much earlier than thought.

The researchers’ simulations reveal that these continental shelves expanded dramatically. Over roughly 350 million years, the ...

Earth is as old as the rest as the solar system, but it wasn't always as it is now, this is particularly true of the brief ...

Scientists have discovered a meteorite older than Earth, offering the earliest clues to how the Solar System formed and how ...

An international team of scientists, including a senior researcher at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, has ...

Scientists continue to explore the deep story of how Earth and the moon formed. One idea has gained attention because it ...