Interest in Martian life had been spurred by a now infamous announcement from the White House lawn in 1996, when President ...

The findings in Spitsbergen demonstrate that marine ecosystems rebounded rapidly after the end-Permian mass extinction, ...

An international team of scientists have uncovered new evidence of ancient wildfires that reshapes our understanding of Earth’s ancient history.

When leaving an atoll of the Marshall Islands, in the South Pacific, Alson Kelen prefers to sail after sunset. It’s like ...

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

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 ...

Scientists have uncovered the earliest chemical evidence of life on Earth in a discovery that could revolutionise our ...

Scientists have discovered microscopic magnetic fossils, potentially revealing how ancient marine life navigated vast oceans using Earth's magnetic field.

Microscopic magnetic fossils found in North Atlantic seafloor sediments may represent components of an internal "GPS system" ...

The goo, which is heavily alkaline serpentinite mud, contained lipid biomarkers, supporting the theory that early life began ...