Life on Earth may exist thanks to an incredible stroke of luck — a chemical sweet spot that most planets miss during their ...

The new plot twist is that in order to keep enough nitrogen and phosphorus near its surface, a planet has to start out with ...

As much as 45 oceans’ worth of hydrogen may be in Earth’s core, scientists reported, suggesting most of Earth’s water was acquired during the planet’s formation.

Ancient enzymes show life’s nitrogen signal stayed unchanged for billions of years, helping scientists read early Earth.

Sixty-six million years ago, a 6 mile wide asteroid slammed into Earth and erased more than 75% of life on Earth in a geological instant. The catastrophe that ended the age of Tyrannosaurus and ...

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Did the geological processes of Earth (photographed here by Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar ...

Some of Earth’s earliest microbes evolved the ability to use oxygen hundreds of millions of years before it accumulated in ...