Scientists are revolutionizing the search for extraterrestrial life by challenging our somewhat Earth-centric assumptions ...

When the GOE happened, though, life on Earth changed drastically ... Earth will persist—it will just do so without us. Josh Hawkins has been writing for over a decade, covering science, gaming ...

Without the Moon’s gravitational pull, ocean tides would be drastically reduced, leading to major disruptions in marine ecosystems and coastal life. Earth’s rotation axis, which the Moon helps ...

Now, a scientist has taken it upon himself to see just how lucky we are that Earth has survived for this long without life being snuffed out completely, and the data is incredibly interesting.

The origins of life on Earth have long fascinated scientists ... Determining LUCA’s age was not without challenges. Fossil ...

It suggests that, about 100 million years after our solar system started to form, proto-Earth got smacked by Theia, a Mars-sized planet. This knocked enough debris into orbit to form the moon.

During Earth's ancient Snowball periods, when the entire planet was wrapped in ice, life may have endured in tiny meltwater ...

Equally, Martins says, it’s certainly conceivable that in other solar systems, we might find Earth-like planets that could theoretically support life, but formed without the ingredients to do so.

Without the nitriles ... The simple recipe for such a complex-looking molecule could reimagine how life started on Earth. Historically, Powner said, scientists proposed that biological molecules ...

Without the protection of our magnetosphere ... And that magnetic collapse might have actually helped spark an explosion of life on Earth. A reduction in Earth’s magnetic strength during ...

CONTRERAS: Without plants, Earth would be nothing like it is today. JACKSON: Plants are literal terra-formers. They transformed bare rock into life-giving soil. ♪ ♪ KIRK JOHNSON: Plants are ...