Scientists have long wondered how Earth’s continents first formed. Now, a team of geologists from the University of Hong Kong ...

Key pointsMicrobialites are rock-like structures among the earliest signs of life on Earth. New research improves understanding of how early life may ...

Micrometeorites raining down from space may have provided the perfect surfaces for the first primitive cells to form on Earth ...

What if Venus became Earth's moon? Explore how our planet would change if Earth’s twin, a planet almost the same size and ...

A new study has found thick layers of clay found on Mars could have provided the required mix of water, minerals and a calm environment for life to develop. Scientists from The University of Texas at ...

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

At the time, the Earth's surface was hot enough to bake pizza, but rocks still solidified. Those in this area formed almost ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...