Our planet is unique for its ability to sustain abundant life. From studies of the rock record, scientists believe life had already emerged on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago and probably much ...

How did meteorite impacts on the Moon influence water being delivered to Earth when both planetary bodies were forming? This is what a recent study publish | Space ...

New simulations suggest Jupiter holds far more water than once thought, reshaping ideas about how the largest planet formed.

Newfoundland’s terrain tells a story of ancient glaciers and shifting stone. See how time carved this incredible place.

If confirmed, this exoplanet would be the only known rocky world in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star.

The object dubbed Earth's "second moon" is actually a quasi-satellite that's accompanied the planet since 1957 — not a true ...

Earth’s deep interior may hold water equal to today’s oceans, challenging long-held views of how the planet became habitable.

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests could have quickly formed in the presence of compounds called borates. When ...

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

Bright white rocks spotted by NASA’s Perseverance rover are rewriting what we thought we knew about ancient Mars. These ...