Water is essential for life as we know it, and its presence on Earth has puzzled scientists for years. While it's clear that water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen, the question of how these ...

Oxford researchers have unearthed a cosmic surprise showing that the hydrogen needed for water was embedded in the very rocks ...

Green oceans on early Earth, shaped by iron, pushed microbes to evolve light-absorbing tools that worked in green light.

Earth's oceans could one day turn purple. Nearly three fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a ...

Researchers say they discovered evidence that early Earth was home to more hydrogen than previously thought, calling into ...

Given the seeming paucity of moisture in the leftover remains of Earth's building blocks, planetary scientists have long ...

In the quest to find approximately Earth-sized planets located in the "Goldilocks zone" i.e. neither too hot nor too cold) ...

A new AI model from the University of Bern predicts planetary systems likely to host Earth-like planets. It could boost the ...

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered crucial evidence for the origin of water on Earth. Using a ...

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

Researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids bombarding its surface; Scientists have analyzed a meteorite analogous to the early Earth to ...