Earth sits in a harsh galaxy filled with high-energy particles that can strip atmospheres, scramble DNA, and sterilize worlds ...

Slow orbital changes caused pulses in Earth's oxygen cycle 500 million years ago, which spurred explosions of animal life.

Cycads use infrared heat to guide beetle pollinators, revealing an ancient plant communication system that predates flowers.

A team of international researchers say they've uncovered new data on the world's first recorded solar eclipse using a ...

Ancient Chinese astronomers observed a solar eclipse in 709 BCE with remarkable detail. These old records are now helping ...

Learn how sulfur-based molecules essential to life may have formed before the first living systems appeared.

Ancient glaciers reshaped Earth’s surface and shifted ocean chemistry, fueling the rise of complex life, a new study found. Calved icebergs from the Twin Glaciers are seen in 2013 off Greenland's ...

Scientists widely agree that an ancient planet likely smashed into Earth as it was forming billions of years ago, spewing debris that coalesced into the moon that decorates our night sky today. The ...

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The giant S2 meteorite hit Earth 3 billion years ago. It was four times the size of Mount Everest, unleashed a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans — but an ancient ...

Traces of ancient life have been found in rocks deep inside the Earth's mantle, having been sucked down there hundreds of millions of years ago. Scientists discovered traces of carbon—the element on ...

New Curtin University research has revealed how massive ancient glaciers acted like giant bulldozers, reshaping Earth's surface and paving the way for complex life to flourish. The key to unlocking ...