Earliest Organisms on Earth Built Their Biochemistry around Molybdenum, Study Suggests
New research reveals that 3.4 billion years ago (Archean Eon), ancient microbes relied on molybdenum — a metal…
Ancient impact with Theia may have brought water and life to Earth
Earth’s story may have hardened into place almost as soon as the Solar System began. That is the…
Newly discovered Asgard microbe could explain the origins of complex life on Earth
At first sight, stromatolites may seem unremarkable. The stromatolite formations found in Shark Bay, Western Australia, do resemble…
The stuff that makes up Earth came from the inner solar system
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Planetary scientists…
Earth’s Lithosphere was Already Segmented and Mobile 3.5 Billion Years Ago
By tracing magnetic signals preserved in 3.5-billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia, geoscientists have found the oldest direct evidence…
Life First Emerged in Surface-Bound Prebiotic Gels, Research Suggests
In a new paper published in the journal ChemSystemsChem, Hiroshima University’s Professor Tony Jia and colleagues outline the…
Theia, the planet at the origin of the Moon, may have formed close to the Sun
If the Moon is the natural satellite of the Earth, this has not always been the case. Indeed,…