All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA—and it likely lived on Earth only 400 ...

How Earth's atmosphere transformed from oxygen-poor to oxygen-rich over a span of about two billion years has been revealed ...

Take a rapid journey through 4.5 billion years of Earth’s history in just 10 minutes. From its fiery beginnings and the rise ...

How do tidal forces shape a planet's orbital evolution, especially for those in the habitable zone? A recently submitted ...

All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA—and it likely lived on Earth only 400 million years after its formation.

Earth’s evolution spans billions of years, marked by incredible transformations that shaped not only our planet but the life that inhabits it.

A new study reveals that the majority of Earth’s species stem from a few evolutionary explosions, where new traits or habitats sparked rapid diversification. From flowers to birds, these bursts ...

The evolution of humans on Earth may not be entirely exceptional. That is because intelligent life is likely to form if certain planetary conditions are met, a new study suggests.

Noah Hawley's TV prequel to the original Alien film feature first-class action and visuals — and a stunning season finale that provides both closure and exciting possibilities for the future.

Scientist have concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as previously thought, an insight that bears directly on the question of when life originated on the planet ...

In “The Evolution of Imperfection,” Laurence D. Hurst, a professor of evolutionary genetics at the University of Bath, does a nearly perfect job of showing how and why, as his subtitle ...