A doctoral student recreated a tiny piece of the universe in a bottle to investigate the chemistry that led to life on Earth.

Ancient fossil structures imprinted on rocks that were once deep beneath the ocean suggest the search for the first life on ...

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells ...

The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

Microscopic zircon crystals discovered in Western Australia suggest that Earth may have had continental crust as early as 4.4 ...

Ancient evidence suggests a new twist in how we all got here.

Oxygen is a vital and constant presence on Earth today. But that hasn't always been the case. It wasn't until around 2.3 ...

Antigorite is the dominant serpentine mineral in serpentinite, a key target mineral for investigating the physical properties ...

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells and insect exoskeletons ...

Some 66 million years ago, life on Earth had a pretty bad day. The infamous Chicxulub asteroid slammed into the planet. The ...

A new study reveals that chemicals used to replace ozone-damaging CFCs are now driving a surge in a persistent “forever ...