All life on Earth is based on the element carbon, but scientists aren’t sure what initially supplied all that carbon to our ...

This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first emerged.

According to NASA, the Laschamp event, occurred about 41,000 years ago, which caused a short reversal of Earth's magnetic ...

When a meteorite with the mass of four Mount Everests hit Earth 3.2 billion years ago, it caused global chaos and provided an ...

An international team of researchers discovered a new specimen called Quaestio simpsonorum—a pancake-shaped creature that ...

Cataclysmic cosmic collisions may have benefited the evolution of primitive organisms early in Earth's history, a study says.

or an ancient way of life gradually vanishing. These pioneering stays are important, often run by trailblazing B-Corp outfits ...

The destructive power of asteroids is undeniable — just ask the dinosaurs. New research suggests a huge space rock that ...

Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons. The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid ...

The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that ...

Harvard researchers found that when a meteorite nicknamed S2 paid a visit to our planet 3 billion years ago, it may have helped life flourish.

A giant meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and may have sparked life, ...