Ancient eruptions may have triggered conditions for oxygen ‘whiffs’ in the atmosphere In a nutshell Massive volcanic events known as Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) likely released carbon dioxide, ...

Zare and his colleagues sprayed water vapor into a chamber filled with a mix of gases meant to mimic early Earth's atmosphere ...

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

New research suggests tiny electrical charges in water droplets could have fueled the chemical reactions that led to life.