An ambitious, multinational research project co-led by the University at Buffalo has demonstrated that Earth's biodiversity ...

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

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

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

Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...

Earth received water toward the final stages of its formation. This reshapes understanding of the conditions needed for life.

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era. Insights from a University of California study suggest that early Earth had ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

According to astronomers, there are approximately 200 billion trillion stars in our observable universe — chances are, ...

The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...

Scientist have concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as previously thought, an insight that bears directly on the question of when life originated on the planet. The finding ...