Tiny iron-rich stones called ooids reveal surprising insights into Earth’s early oceans. New research shows dissolved organic carbon levels were 90–99% lower than expected, challenging existing ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected witness to Earth’s distant past: tiny iron oxide stones called ooids. These mineral snowballs lock away traces of ancient carbon, revealing that oceans between ...

Hidden barrier found 400 miles inside Venus that blocks rising hot rock and creates ring-shaped volcanic features called ...

The small chunk of rock could be telling us that many of the moon’s largest impacts happened over 4.25 billion years ago.

A new study used mathematical formulas and demonstrated that it’s highly unlikely life began on Earth. Instead, the researcher points to panspermia, a theory that life or the ingredients for life came ...

(While the iron oxide on the Moon does not turn it red, to go along with the concept of 'rusting', the thumbnail image — ...

US Critical Materials Corp. announced a strategic advisory alliance with GreenMet, a Washington, D.C.-based firm specializing ...

The shocking discovery of hematite on the Moon was made a few years ago. Hematite forms from the oxidation of iron, a process more commonly known as rusting. This mineral is found widely on Earth, but ...

The candidates for Captain America’s team are pretty obvious, since there are only a handful of Doomsday heroes without seats in the game of musical chairs. Sam needs to be careful, though, because ...

Earth is far from a static place. That's true in the present, but it's even more apparent when you look to the past, as Earth ...

Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.

Because all earthly life shares a common origin, finding a second tree of life would forever change humanity’s understanding ...