Stromatolites: You Can't Spell Mold Without Old One of the big problems with Kelvin's estimates for the age of the Earth was that they disagreed with estimates from anywhere else. Science works on the ...

Water is essential to life, yet its true origin on Earth still stirs debate. Scientists have long wondered whether it came ...

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

As astronomers delve deeper into the diversity of worlds orbiting distant stars, a new study suggests comparing populations ...

In a new paper, Jordan Jensen and Alexis Ault introduce a new forensic tool designed to enhance our understanding of how ...

Svalbard is the fastest warming place in the world, and even within the Arctic. Leaving as little trace as possible is a ...

New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics begin?

The next full moon over Mississippi rises April 12. Know when to find dark skies to watch the Lyrids meteor shower this month, when to see more planets.

A new analysis of a fossil found in 1889 has unveiled the presence of zeolites—and an entirely new mineralization method.