The study of early Earth microbial life and organic matter is crucial for understanding the origins of life on our planet and potentially on other celestial bodies. Recent research has focused on ...

By examining the flow and composition of cosmic dust during Earth’s early history ... This period, known as the Hadean Eon, was characterized by frequent asteroid impacts, including the ...

This makes it difficult for researchers to find out what happened during Earth's early history ... meaning it dates to the Hadean (4.6 billion to 4 billion years ago). Subsequent studies continue ...

The prevailing theory had been that the moon was the result of a collision between early Earth and the protoplanet Theia. New measurements indicate that the moon formed from material ejected from ...

Jan. 29, 2025 — New research highlights the benefits of combining existing long-term plankton monitoring programs and emerging technologies in monitoring the health of our ... Global Sea Level ...

Early V-2 Photos of Earth V-2 rockets launched from White Sands, New Mexico in the 1940s and returned the first photos of Earth from space. The rockets were launched on a suborbital trajectory.

Dec. 12, 2024 — Few genomes have been sequenced from early modern humans, who first arrived in Europe when the region was already inhabited by Neanderthals. An international team has now ...

While we’ve long associated early human evolution with meat consumption ... Check us out on EarthSnap, a free app brought to you by Eric Ralls and Earth.com.

Scientists have stumbled upon a trio of tiny dwarf galaxies located about 6.5 million light-years away from Earth. Identified as Sculptor A ... They are exceptionally old and serve as real-life time ...

Researchers from the University of Gottingen and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research have now revealed it could have formed from material ejected from the Earth's mantle. Listen to ...

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