Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...

Hale-Bopp originated in the Oort Cloud, a theoretical shell of icy planetesimals surrounding the sun in the outer reaches of ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

Scientists have long wondered how the first cell membranes formed from the primordial soup—a new study offers up a recipe.

The origins of life in the universe have been a topic of scientific inquiry for centuries. Despite significant progress in ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, Canadian researchers have identified a new type of microscopic organism, hemimastigotes, which ...

The University of Victoria professor helped rewrite a crucial part of our planet’s history by identifying compelling evidence ...

Brain aging has been a subject of fascination and inquiry for decades, and a 25-year research program has now unveiled ...

The annual Leonid meteor shower is coming this weekend. And while it may not be the brightest and most spectacular version of ...

“Instead, mollusc or mollusc-like animals might be the pioneers of these early excursions onto land which date back to the ...

How Life Began on Earth: Modeling Earth's Ancient Atmosphere ... the animals that were the focus of some of the most iconic early human art -- by analyzing 38 genomes harvested from bones dating ...

The answer it seems is Mars. When Musk was setting up SpaceX back in 2001, he told the founding team his dream was to ‘send ...