One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were ...
Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...
A recent theory proposes that whales weren't just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have provided a key fertilizer to these marine ecosystems. Oceanographers now ...
NASA has plans to launch the first deep space station for humans to live long-term. Is it a necessary step to Mars?
Scientists uncovered a "Lost City" deep underwater in the Atlantic Ocean that could prove the existence of extraterrestrial ...
A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as ...
New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary formation processes ...
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft mission has delivered a sample of the asteroid Bennu to Earth and it has been found to contain ...
Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.