Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research ...

The space rock dates to around 4.6 billion years ago and is believed to be similar in composition to early Earth, according ...

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered crucial evidence for the origin of water on Earth. Using a ...

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" ...

Land water is vanishing faster. Earth's surface struggles to recover, risking food, water, and climate stability.

"We usually think of water ... of the old hypothesis. "On early Earth, there were water sprays all over the place — into crevices or against rocks, and they can accumulate and create this ...

We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it ... It suggested a “remarkable” amount of Earth's water stored on land had been depleted.

Researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids bombarding its surface; Scientists have analyzed a meteorite analogous to the early Earth to ...