These results suggest that similar reactions between helium and iron may have occurred within Earth’s core shortly after its formation, trapping much of the primordial helium-3 in the material that ...

Researchers led by Dr. Maura Brunetti at the University of Geneva studied fossilized plant remains, using spores, pollen, and ...

The first layer is the crust, a thin outer shell that extends about 18 miles (30 km) below the planet's surface. The next layer, the mantle, stretches about 1,800 miles (2,900km) below Earth's ...

What water, chemistry and temperature cycles fostered the chemical reactions that allowed life to emerge on our planet? Because life arose in the largely unknown surface conditions of Earth’s early ...

SETI research often involves hunting for technosignatures—evidence of technology from distant civilizations. But how ...

25, 2025 — New research has revealed how massive ancient glaciers acted like giant bulldozers, reshaping Earth's surface and paving the way for complex life to flourish. By chemically analyzing ...

Paul Chodas, manager for the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies ... The amount of light reflected by the asteroid’s surface is used to estimate how big it is. However, the Webb telescope ...

A shrinking thermosphere means less drag, which could hinder the natural removal of space debris impacting satellites, as per ...

The particle — which probably came from a distant galaxy — was spotted by the Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope (KM3NeT), a collection of light-detecting glass spheres on the floor of the ...

Here on Earth, we tend to take showers for granted. But for astronauts stationed in space, taking a quick rinse—much like cooking, eating, using the toilet, and just about every other mundane, ...