Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

The surface of a common mineral might hold a key to the emergence of life. A recent study reveals how alumina could have catalyzed the formation of the first complex molecules. Alumina, or ...

Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Scientists discovered three minerals that had previously never been found naturally occurring on Earth. Although new species of animals are a common occurrence in the ...