About 4. 6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity.

Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation. Initially, the planet was barren and inhospitable, missing water and ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its ...

Wildfire-born storms have become a growing part of fire seasons across the West, with lasting impacts on air quality, weather ...

A new study used mathematical formulas and demonstrated that it’s highly unlikely life began on Earth. Instead, the ...

Japanese scientists successfully eliminated cancer tumors using live bacteria, a new therapy that acts independently of the ...

UC Riverside researchers have discovered a piece that was missing in previous descriptions of the way Earth recycles its ...

Concentrated hydrogen in the galaxy’s spiral arms can be locked away in zircon crystals, providing startling clues about the ...

The bottom line is that the fact that fire is so tightly bound to Earth is a reminder of how special our planet is. Every ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

Oxford University Press; £9.99 James Lovelock, an English scientist, devoted the second half of his long life to exploring ...

An international team including University of Tennessee, Knoxville Professor Alycia Stigall, offers a new way to examine the ...