University of Alberta geochemists have discovered a missing piece to one of the great mysteries of science—the origin of life ...

Two perplexing structures deep inside Earth might be ancient remnants of our early planet, and they could hold clues about ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth's mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades.

According to a new study, Earth’s atmosphere might have been more important for the origin of life story than we gave it ...

The origin of life on Earth has always been a mystery. For many years, scientists have looked to the stars, believing that the building blocks of life that set forth evolution here on our planet came ...

An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets.

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints ...

"Outgrowth of the LPI Conference on the Origin of the Earth, which was held in Berkeley, California in December 1988"--Preface. 3D solar nebula models : implications for earth origin / A.P. Boss -- ...

Theia, the world that helped form the Moon, came from the Solar System. Chemical clues in Earth and Moon rocks reveal this ...

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the evolutionary history of kissing, how moss spores fare in space, and new clues about the collision that created the moon.