This shift in Earth’s tectonic tempo had profound implications above ground. With less volcanic carbon dioxide heating the ...

New research reveals that Earth’s so-called “Boring Billion” was a time of dramatic change beneath the surface.

A study led by researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide has revealed how the breakup of an ...

The term “ecosystem engineering” has been used for decades as a way to describe organisms that drastically alter their ...

For centuries, humans have looked to the stars, the oceans, and even the tiniest cells to answer one impossible question: why does life exist at all? From philosophers to physicists, theories have ...

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin identified a temperature-related factor affecting all life on Earth, a finding with broad implications for all species as the planet warms. W ...

When Earth’s ancient supercontinent Nuna broke apart, it reshaped oceans, cooled the climate, and set the stage for complex ...

Earth's 'Boring Billion' created the conditions for complex life to exist, report scientists at the universities of Sydney ...

The Origins Federation Conference gathered researchers across disciplines in the search for how life began on Earth—and maybe elsewhere ...

Our galaxy's most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans ...

New research shows Earth’s “Boring Billion” was a time of dramatic transformation. The breakup of the supercontinent Nuna 1.5 ...

The comet 3I/ATLAS, discovered on July 1, 2025, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Hawaii, marks ...