Learn why carbon-containing meteorites appear to be less "shocked" than expected, missing the effects often seen in a ...

Scientists discover hydrogen in a rare meteorite, suggesting Earth had the ingredients to make water from the start.

All that said, the findings can’t confirm the terrestrial life theory beyond a doubt. There’s still a chance hydrogen-heavy ...

Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research suggests the planet didn't need the delivery.

Scientists have long questioned whether an early Earth could have contained the appropriate hydrogen and oxygen on its own to ...

Oxford researchers have unearthed a cosmic surprise showing that the hydrogen needed for water was embedded in the very rocks ...

University of Oxford researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids ...

Researchers say they discovered evidence that early Earth was home to more hydrogen than previously thought, calling into ...

New research has uncovered that early Earth may have contained far more hydrogen than previously thought, potentially ...

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

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

Scientists from the University of Oxford analyzed a rare type of meteorite known as an enstatite chondrite. The space rock dates to around 4.6 billion years ago and is believed to be similar in ...