the precise mechanisms and processes that led to the emergence of life on Earth and elsewhere in the universe remain largely ...

Researchers have unveiled new findings that reshape our understanding of the Moon's formation and Earth's early hydration.

Prebiotic chemistry is the branch of biochemistry that studies chemical reactions and processes that occurred before life on ...

Museum planetary science researcher Prof Sara Russell explains the origins of Earth's closest companion. 'There used to be a number of theories about how the Moon was made and it was one of the aims ...

There is a theory that ... and even history. “Ancient Greek philosophers [for example, Pythagoras, Eratosthenes, Aristarchus, etc.) strove to discover evidence that the Earth is in fact ...

The Bennu discovery helps to illuminate how, early in the Solar System’s history, asteroids and other planetary building blocks were not just “lumps of stone and ice, but active ‘living’ objects”, ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

A recent study by researchers from the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research has ...

The prevailing theory ... from Earth's mantle. This would explain the similarity in the composition of Earth and the moon." The data obtained also provides an insight into the history of water ...