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 ...

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

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 ...

The oldest terrestrial materials ever dated by scientists are extremely rare zircon minerals that were discovered in western ...