An asteroid strike could cool the planet's climate, harm crops, and disrupt food supply, but it may also increase plankton ...

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

Life in these underworlds runs on a very different timeline to Earth's bustling surface. With no sunlight, energy is sparse ...

By exploring Yellowstone's geothermal springs, scientists discovered the microbes that reveal how life adapted to harsh conditions billions of years ago.

A recently analyzed near-complete fossil skull found in Antarctica has revealed Vegavis iaai to be the oldest known modern ...

Earth's climate has changed throughout history for numerous reasons, but modern climate change is driven by human behavior.

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...

As pandemic lockdowns forced humans into isolation, Earth's vegetation was thriving. The year 2020 was the greenest in modern ...

The Earth was already more than 600 million years ... Known as the Ediacarans, these bizarre creatures bore little resemblance to modern life-forms. They grew on the seabed and lacked any obvious ...

They’re the building rocks of life. Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the ingredients to life on Earth were present in the early days of our solar ...

Without its magnetic field, life on Earth would not be possible since this ... But up to now, there has been no reliable date for when the modern magnetic field was first established.