Rock and dust samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu contain organic matter and a variety of minerals crucial to the emergence of life ...

A team of researchers have now modelled what will happen to the planet, climate and humans if this asteroid crashes on Earth ...

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era. Insights from a University of California study suggest that early Earth had ...