Water did not come to Earth from asteroids – it was already here, a new study by the University of Oxford suggests. Many scientists believe that life began on Earth following bombardment by asteroids ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth’s early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

Because life arose in the largely unknown surface conditions of Earth’s early history, answering these and other questions remains a challenge. Several seminal experiments in this topic have been ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...