It's highly unlikely life started organically on Earth, one expert suggests. But an extraterrestrial intervention might ...

“Thanks to our results, we know that the proto-Earth was initially a dry rocky planet,” says Kruttasch. “It can therefore be ...

A new model uncovers how Earth’s liquid core has sustained its magnetic field since the planet’s beginnings, offering new ...

Recently, in a “wild” new spin on the theory, known as directed panspermia, it’s been suggested that “aliens sent microbes or ...

accompany the short but spectacular lives of massive, luminous stars. The new theory is described in a “Perspectives” article appearing in the May 21 issue of Science. The article was written by a ...

(The Hill) – The formation of the Earth may have looked more like a fast, inevitable landslide than like a slow series of occasional cataclysms, as scientists have long theorized, according to ...

A rare kind of meteorite known as enstatite chondrite resembles Earth's composition roughly 4.5 billion years ago. The key to their counterargument resides in a rare type of space rock called ...

Scientists widely agree that an ancient planet likely smashed into Earth as it was forming billions of years ago, spewing debris that coalesced into the moon that decorates our night sky today. The ...

A new study presented at the Europlanet Science Congress and the Division for Planetary Science (EPSC-DPS) in Helsinki in September 2025 has reignited debate about alien life. The research was carried ...