The timing and rate of early crustal growth on Earth remains contentious due to the scarcity of very ancient rocks,” are ...

Moon has been Earth’s celestial companion for over four billion years. However, the formation of this natural satellite was catastrophic. It was long believed that the Moon was born from a cataclysmic ...

Eons ago, when the Earth was still barely formed, scientists believe a fiery eruption or collision sent a massive spray of debris out into space. That debris, they say, would have then fueled the ...

Birth of Planet Earth tells the twisted tale of our planet’s origins. Scientists now believe that our galaxy is filled with solar systems, including up to a billion planets roughly the size of our own ...

Short-lived radioisotopes such as aluminum-26 influenced early solar system heat, water retention and the formation of Earth-like rocky planets, according to meteorite analyses and models.

New observations indicate that the asteroid Lutetia is a leftover fragment of the same original material that formed Earth, Venus, and Mercury. Astronomers have combined data from the European Space ...

Scientists have long believed that RNA may have been the first molecule capable of storing information and evolving, a ...

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A saucer-shaped capsule carrying asteroid fragments that may hold clues about the birth of the solar system slammed into Earth's atmosphere Sunday and descended to an on-target parachute-assisted ...