About 4. 6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity.

Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation. Initially, the planet was barren and inhospitable, missing water and ...

A new peer-reviewed study finds that early planet formations were assembled from fragments of earlier bodies within the Solar System.

In Earth’s early days, more than 4 billion years ago, the surface was a dangerous and unpredictable place. Violent volcanoes, ...

The appearance of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere was a turning point in the history of our planet, forever transforming the ...

It took three million years for the chemical composition of the planet to be stable after its birth, but elements to help ...

Concentrated hydrogen in the galaxy’s spiral arms can be locked away in zircon crystals, providing startling clues about the ...

How can the metal content of stars influence the formation of Earth-like exoplanets? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to address as an international team of ...

Scientists have successfully simulated the massive thunderstorm a wildfire once created, revealing how such fiery tempests ...