Earth received water toward the final stages of its formation. This reshapes understanding of the conditions needed for life.

Scientists are cataloging and analyzing the first samples collected by NASA's Perseverance rover while the agency weighs its ...

A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as ...

Roughly 4.6 billion years ago, the Sun was born from the gas and dust of a nebula that underwent gravitational collapse. The ...

Scientists believe the exoplanet HD 20794 d, six times the mass of Earth, could harbour liquid water on its surface.

Water, one of the essential ingredients for life on Earth, did not appear on the planet until after the moon-forming event, a new study claims ...

Humans are inching closer to living beyond Earth, but sustaining life on the moon or Mars requires a critical resource: water ...

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.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Analysis of meteorites and Earth rocks indicates that water arrived on Earth later than previously believed, during the late stages of its formation. This ...