Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for ...

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The origin of life on Earth is one of the most complex puzzles facing scientists. It involves not only identifying the numerous chemical reactions that must take place to create a replicating organism ...

We still don't fully understand what triggers lightning. A new study suggests that showers of cosmic rays may be the missing link. Cosmic rays may offer an out-of-this-world answer to a long-standing ...

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How did lifeless chemistry on early Earth transform into biology? For decades, scientists have wrestled with this chicken-or-egg riddle: proteins are essential to cells, but they can only be made ...

Highly reactive complex molecules finding some sort of stability was a necessary step towards life getting started on Earth. Scientists think they've just discovered how these first began to stay ...

This striking satellite photo shows a quartet of near-identical glaciers perched between mountainous peaks on a barren island in the Canadian Arctic. The elongated ice masses, which are threatened by ...

What does it take to launch a successful social movement – one that brings pressure on world leaders to bring about actual policy changes? Of course, there needs to be a sense of profound injustice, ...

While the U.S. celebrated Independence Day on July 4, the sun held its own, more powerful firework display. The stellar fireworks came in the form of two solar storms, or coronal mass ejections (CMEs) ...

Our sun has unexpectedly begun to ramp up its activity, which could lead to more severe solar storms that cause blackouts and disrupt global communications. NASA revealed that our solar system's home ...

They flash across the night sky in seconds, sparking wishes and wonder. But these mysterious streaks hold far more secrets ...