Zircons are also found across the Earth, and they’ve been used to locate the earliest signs of freshwater on the planet.

Researchers discovered a 3.26-billion-year-old asteroid impact acted as 'giant fertilizer bomb,' aiding early microbial life.

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Earth may have had a ring made up of a broken asteroid over 400 million years ago, a study finds. The Saturn-like feature ...

may have been capable of supporting life long ago. The evidence was delivered to Earth and sealed within the well-known ...

Researchers have uncovered what may be the oldest direct evidence of hot water activity on Mars, suggesting the red planet ...

Today, the Missouri Geological Survey (MGS) is celebrating the opening of its newly renovated Rock Lab in Rolla.

Evidence from Colorado suggests glaciers once covered Earth to the equator, supporting the Snowball Earth theory. This ...

A zircon crystal blasted off the face of Mars before landing on Earth as part of one of the most unusual meteorites ever ...

Panspermia is the hypothesis that life can survive the transfer between planetary bodies as a secondary path for life to get ...

Billions of years ago meteorites hit the planet frequently, and one such space rock crashed down about 3.26 billion ... and assistant professor in the department of Earth and planetary sciences, ...

Learn about the rapid melting of the last Ice Age and how it led to the era of the 'plumeworld ocean' on Earth.