The clearest picture yet of our “last universal common ancestor” suggests it was a relatively complex organism living 4.2 ...

Ancient life on Earth might have thrived after a meteorite four times the size of Mount Everest crashed into the planet, research suggests. Billions of years ago meteorites hit the planet frequently, ...

Earth may have had a ring made up of a broken asteroid over 400 million years ago, a study finds. The Saturn-like feature ...

Earth’s surface is a dynamic, ever-changing landscape. Massive crustal plates shift, creating mountains, earthquakes, and ...

geologists use to better understand the environmental conditions in which truly ancient earth life may have first formed. For decades, we have wondered whether Mars, Venus and the icy moons of ...

From the bottom up, the image portrays the Arecibo radio telescope; the solar system; a human's average height (5'9"); an ...

This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first emerged. The key to unlocking the secrets of distant planets starts right here on Earth.

Insects make up around 70% of all known species - but many are struggling. Biologist David Goulson explores how we can ...

Researchers are trying to understand what makes Earth so special. As such, this model allows us to deepen our understanding of whether atmospheric evolution and the origin of life on Earth are ...