Was the emergence of intelligent life on Earth just a fluke? Some scientists think not
Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...
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How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth
The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...
Scientists Used Yellowstone Hot Springs to Study the Moment That Kickstarted Life on Earth
A new study highlights how life possibly evolved prior to and during the rise of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere.
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Pale Blue Dot: The iconic Valentine's Day photo of Earth turns 35 today — and you're probably in it
On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...
From Lava to Life: Unlocking Earth’s Oldest Mysteries
Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
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The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
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Researchers: Asteroid cut canyons into moon 3.8 billion years ago
That’s good news for scientists and NASA, which is looking to land astronauts at the south pole on the near, Earth-facing side ... canyons about 3.8 billion years ago. They reported their ...
Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say
Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object slammed into the moon 3.8 billion years ago.