Chengdu University of Technology-led research has established a high-resolution astrochronological framework spanning ...

The changes in ocean chemistry were gradual. The Archaean period lasted 1.5 billion years. This is more than half of Earth’s ...

The reason Earth’s oceans may have looked different in the ancient past is to do with their chemistry and the evolution of ...

Tiny magnetic bacteria that live in tightly bound groups are showing scientists how life might have evolved complex, multicellular forms. These rare bacteria can’t survive alone – they depend on one ...

Bacteria used oxygen far earlier than expected, reshaping views on early life, evolution, and photosynthesis origins.

A stunning discovery on Mars has revealed the longest organic molecules ever found on the planet—carbon chains that could ...

Nearly three fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese researchers have made a compelling case that Earth's oceans were once green, in ...

The genetic code acts as life’s instruction manual, telling cells how to build proteins from DNA and RNA. Though it's a ...

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

Interstellar's depiction of time dilation on Miller's planet encompasses complex scientific theories and terms, which require ...