Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.

By analyzing seismic waves from earthquakes from the 1960s, researchers from Peking University deduced that the Earth's inner ...

We may be starting to get a grasp on what kick-started life on Earth – and it could help us search for it on other planets ...

But are we truly the masters of our domain, this little blue planet? And could we really end all life on Earth? What if we dropped every nuke at once? Would that get every bug, including roaches ...

Although the movie’s participants refuse to disclose classified information, some of their statements elicited “audible gasps ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

Dr. Frankenstein might not have needed a lightning bolt to bring his monster to life after all. A new study from Stanford ...

Mar. 5, 2025 — Whether it's rivers cutting through earth, lava melting through rock, or water slicing through ice, channels all twist and ... Ancient Glaciers Helped Life Evolve Feb. 25, 2025 ...

Roughly 65 million years ago, an asteroid strike would wipe out 70 percent of all life on Earth. But it wouldn’t happen all at once. The lack of sunlight that followed the asteroid impact meant ...

New research reveals that hydrothermal vents provided early Earth with abundant nitrogen, challenging previous theories.