Water may have flowed on the asteroid that birthed the space rock Ryugu a billion years after it formed, much later than previously thought, changing our perception of the early solar system.

Ancient crystals reveal that Earth began recycling its crust and forming continents billions of years earlier than scientists once believed.

Recent discoveries have sparked a wave of excitement and intrigue among scientists and the public alike, as evidence suggests the existence of ancient non-human artifacts on Earth. These findings, if authenticated,

Hidden for 95 million years beneath layers of sediment, the remarkablywell-preserved skull of an ancient legged snake species — Najash rionegrina — has now revealed a chapter of evolutionary history that’s been missing for decades.

Moving ice on early Earth exposed deep rocks, freed key elements, and nudged our planet toward conditions where complex life could take hold.

Asteroids crashing into the Earth could have delivered the building blocks of life to the planet, new research suggests. Scientists have previously discovered in meteorites three of the five nucleobases, or informational units, that serve as the foundation ...