Water from both volcanic rocks and deep mantle melted Earth's crust 1.6 billion years ago. This long-lasting melting formed ...

All that said, the findings can’t confirm the terrestrial life theory beyond a doubt. There’s still a chance hydrogen-heavy ...

The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the planet’s magma creates continents – and may have even helped create life. In a new paper published in Nature today, colleagues and I reveal ...

Researchers discover Earth's first crust, formed 4.5 billion years ago, had chemical features similar to modern continental crust. (photo credit: Tanya Kalian. Via Shutterstock) A study published ...

Scientists discovered complex life may have started 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought thanks to phosphorus.

Scientists are concerned with how abiogenesis — the inception of life from non-living matter — could have occurred in the first place ... may have been carried to Earth by comets and asteroids. Around ...

But while lifeless during that time, the planet was already covered by vast oceans dotted with hydrothermal vent systems that released large amounts of ferrous iron into the water. The earliest ...

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered crucial evidence for the origin of water on Earth. Using a ...

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

Earth is the only ... have even helped create life. In a newspaper published in Nature today, colleagues and I reveal secrets of Earth's crust 4.5 billion years ago. In the process, we also ...

Earth is the only ... have even helped create life. In a new paper published in Nature today, colleagues and I reveal secrets of Earth’s crust 4.5 billion years ago. In the process, we also ...