Who needs lightning? Key biochemicals form from static sparks
In their view, inorganic molecules might have reacted due to energy from the Sun or lightning strikes to form life’s building ...
Geologists Found the World’s Oldest Crater—and It Might Have Jumpstarted All Life on Earth
Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...
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Our solar system once drifted through Orion’s star-forming region
The solar system moved through a star-forming area near Orion. This event might have increased interstellar dust around Earth ...
Giant blobs deep inside Earth are 'evolving by themselves'
Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.
Super-Earths and mini-Neptunes research suggests more Earth-like planets may exist
A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...
All Life on Earth Comes From One Single Ancestor. And It's So Much Older Than We Thought.
All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA—and it likely lived on Earth only 400 million years after its formation.
Earth’s Core May Hold Hidden Reservoirs of Helium, Scientists Discover
The discovery that inert helium can form bonds with iron may reshape our understanding of Earth’s history. Researchers from ...