Researchers attempted to answer it with a 2023 paper published in the journal Nature that introduced assembly theory (AT), an ...

Life-bearing water arrived on Earth later rather than sooner Insight could aid the understanding of how and when life arose Date: February 3, 2025 Source: Rutgers University Summary: Scientist ...

Earth scientist Chris Reinhard, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, asserts that the drop would be very extreme, "around a million times less oxygen than there is today." The study estimates ...

Strong link between Earth’s oxygen level and geomagnetic dipole revealed since the last 540 million years. Science Advances, 2025; 11 (24) DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu8826 ...

Research shows Earth’s magnetic field may have formed with a fully molten core - protecting the planet long before the inner ...

New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the building blocks of life.

(Image credit: Image by Zuntini et al., 2024, CC BY) All species on Earth, both living and extinct, are related. We know this because of a biological tool called the tree of life.

The path toward intelligent life, they argue, may be more of a predictable process, unfolding as global conditions allow in a manner that should not be considered unique to Earth.

Life may have emerged on Mars and Earth at the same time. That's according to new evidence found in a Martian meteorite that indicates the key ingredient for life, water, appeared on Mars around 4 ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.