"We're arguing that intelligent life may not require a series of lucky breaks to exist," said lead author Dan Mills of the ...
What was Earth like billions of years ago? How did life emerge? And how did humanity come to dominate the planet? This video ...
Moments in human history are etched into the Earth. Now researchers are piecing together evidence of our impact on the planet ...
Some cyanobacteria have pigments that specialise in harvesting green light to power photosynthesis, which may be because they ...
Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...
Recent research published in the journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta reveals that water reached Earth during the late ...
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When Did Earth Get Its Moon
The moon is Earth's longtime, familiar companion, the story of when and how it got there is actually a bit of an unanswered question in astronomy.
A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the ...
The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many complex processes working at once, according to new research.