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Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?
An analysis led by the University of Chicago of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why the planet was ...
Micrometeorites raining down from space may have provided the perfect surfaces for the first primitive cells to form on Earth ...
Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...
One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were ...
Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.
The event in question is the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction, also known as the “Great Dying,” which occurred around 252 ...
Scientists recently identified the oldest material on Earth: stardust that's 7 billion years old, tucked away in a massive, rocky meteorite that struck our planet half a century ago. Some of these ...
Researchers have published a study that outlines the discovery of three new types of minerals never before catalogued on ...
NASA has announced the discovery of a previously unseen planet just outside our solar system, spotted by the powerful James ...
Scientists at ESA have spotted A11pl3Z, a possible interstellar object near Jupiter. Though it’s heading towards Earth, ...
A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the world were wiped out, disrupting the carbon cycle and ensuring that Earth re ...