Scientists involved in planetary formation studies, meteorites, and early solar system investigations have been wondering ...

Scientists have seemingly settled long-standing arguments about whether the components of Earth originated from the inner or ...

Imagine Earth at a time when it was almost unrecognizable—a landscape that was barren and with barely breathable air. That is what Earth looked like about 1.75 billion years ago. But scientists now ...

The mystery of how life on Earth originated , and whether it exists elsewhere in the universe, are "the raison d’être of space exploration", said Louis Friedman, co-founder of the Planetary Society.

U of A scientists are working to uncover how life began on early earth, starting with abiotic nitrogen reduction and an ...

The origin of life on Earth is still a hotly-debated topic. There are many different theories on how life was kick-started, as well as various experiments underway attempting to understand the ...

Geophysicists have modeled how Earth’s magnetic field could form even when its core was fully liquid. By removing the effects of viscosity in their simulation, they revealed a self-sustaining dynamo ...