New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier than believed.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient glaciers reshaped Earth’s surface and shifted ocean chemistry, fueling the rise of complex life, a new study found. Calved ...

Precious metals may be escaping from the planet’s core. This hotly debated subject could help us understand Earth’s evolution and determine whether life exists elsewhere in the Universe ...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that Earth's climate continued to ...

Ancient rocks show Earth’s magnetic field followed deep heat patterns inside the planet for hundreds of millions of years.

We only have to look up at the Moon to see the remains of a cataclysmic collision between two early planets, billions of years ago. Now scientists suggest evidence may also be deep beneath our feet, ...

Dustin Trail began his academic career in computer science, but he quickly realized he had a more specific interest: the geology of the early Earth and the mysterious origins of life. “We're at this ...

MADISON – A new analysis of ancient minerals called zircons suggests that a harsh climate may have scoured and possibly even destroyed the surface of the Earth’s earliest continents. Zircons, the ...

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