By resurrecting a 3.2-billion-year-old enzyme and studying it inside living microbes, researchers at the University of ...

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 ...

New research suggests that the explosive death throes of massive stars, known as supernovas, may have had dramatic effects on our planet's climate over its distant history. Investigating historic ...

A groundbreaking study by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has unveiled traces of Earth’s earliest form, hidden deep within the planet’s mantle. This discovery, based on ...

Ancient Moon dust, meteorite traces and Apollo samples are helping NASA scientists rethink where Earth’s water truly came ...

Scientists believe they’ve found evidence that life on Earth is over a billion years older than anyone believed was realistic. New research used machine learning to scan ancient meteorites and fossils ...

The Great Oxygenation Event marked a massive transition in life on Earth, when oxygen became plentiful and organisms suddenly had to adapt. Current conditions in Japanese hot springs give clues as to ...

Life on ancient Earth may have reflected red and purple light, suggesting the planet was once dominated by purple organisms.