Learn how Mars' mantle differs from Earth's and why it seismic signatures of marsquakes act like a time capsule into its past ...

Our Earth’s atmosphere was not always the safe haven it is today. New research, informed by ancient ocean fossils, provides a glimpse into a time when our planet’s atmosphere was inhospitable and ...

Recent advances in ancient DNA analysis have sparked intriguing discussions about the possibility of non-human entities once ...

Ancient Babylonian world map from a clay tablet, nearly 3,000 years old, reveals a version of the Noah's Ark story and ...

Lobe-finned fishes once led the way in jaw innovation, reshaping evolution long before dinosaurs and life on land emerged.

Ancient Earth had a thick, toxic atmosphere like Venus — until it cooled off and became liveable News By Hugh O'Neill, Antony Burnham published December 20, 2020 ...

Learn about the process that started life on Earth, linking amino acids with RNA to create proteins that are found in all ...

Earth's oceans may have formed directly from the “star stuff” that coalesced into the early solar system, according to new research – challenging the idea that most of Earth’s water was ...

Around 50 million years ago, Earth was in the firm grip of one of the hottest chapters in the planet's last 65 million years, yet new evidence indicates the climate may not have been quite as ...

You can’t go back in time to see it in person, but the Ancient Earth Globe is a good substitute. The website gives you views of the planet as it looked over the eons, starting 600 million years ago.

But this super-Earth is far older than scientists previously expected for rocky planets, suggesting that other stars could have ancient Earth-like worlds with temperatures more suitable for life.