Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner ...

Planetary scientists Paolo Sossi and Dan Bower from ETH Zurich have published a peer-reviewed study in Nature Astronomy ...

The chemical composition of meteorites and asteroids acts as a kind of fingerprint, providing information about the origin of ...

A new analysis of meteorite isotopes challenges long-held ideas about Earth’s origins, suggesting our planet may have formed ...

The origin of life on Earth is still enigmatic, but we are slowly unraveling the steps involved and the necessary ingredients. Scientists believe life arose in a primordial soup of organic chemicals ...

Earth’s journey through the Milky Way might have helped create the planet’s first continents. Comets may have bombarded Earth every time the early solar system traveled through our galaxy’s spiral ...

Scientists explain how simple chemicals, deep sea vents, and meteor impacts may have helped life begin on Earth.