Early Earth's atmosphere may have been half as thick as it is today, new research suggests. Even so, the planet likely supported life, the scientists said. Skip to main content.

He has also done studies on the Earth's early atmosphere, and the results of those studies also pointed to a thin atmosphere on early Earth. "If they are right, we will have to rethink what we ...

Collisions among molecules in early Earth’s atmosphere may have prevented our planet from freezing over eons ago, when the sun was much dimmer than it is today, keeping the world warm enough for ...

Tiny meteorites that fell to Earth 2.7 billion years ago suggest that the atmosphere at that time was high in carbon dioxide, which agrees with current understanding of how our planet's ...

An illustration of early Earth, which may have had a toxic atmosphere like Venus's today When Earth was young, its surface was probably covered in a magma ocean, and the gases rising from that ...

Earth’s early atmosphere was stuffed with oxygen-consuming (“reducing”) gases, like hydrogen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, and methane.

Early Earth's atmosphere may have been half as thick as it is today, new research suggests. Even so, the planet likely supported life, the scientists said. Skip to main content.

Collisions among molecules in early Earth’s atmosphere may have prevented our planet from freezing over eons ago, when the sun was much dimmer than it is today, keeping the world warm enough for ...

Bubbles in ancient Australian lava reveal that the early Earth's atmosphere might have been half as thick as it is today, scientists say. The findings contradict the decades-long belief that Earth ...

Collisions among molecules in early Earth’s atmosphere may have prevented our planet from freezing over eons ago, when the sun was much dimmer than it is today, keeping the world warm enough for ...