This collection highlights the different opinions on how to investigate the early formation of genetic material, honours the difficulties of early Earth research, and showcases some Nature ...

Earth documentary on BBC Two sees Chris Packham explore the turbulent history of how our planet was shaped.

Early Maps of Geologic Strata, an Oliver Sacks Documentary and a New Science Podcast Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American By Andrea Gawrylewski ...

Analysis of a ubiquitous light receptor suggests that the earliest life on Earth may have sheltered in the oceans.

It's one of the biggest unanswered questions in science: How did life on Earth begin? Biochemists are breaking apart early Earth molecules to find out how RNA and DNA formed.

Earth 4.4 billion years ago was flat and almost entirely covered in water with just a few small islands, new research suggests. Scientists came to the conclusion after analysing tiny zircon ...

A study published in Nature on 2 April reveals that Earth's first crust, formed about 4.5 billion years ago, probably had chemical features remarkably like today's continental crust.

However, the theory has a flaw: Earth's core was completely liquid before Earth's inner core crystallized—around 1 billion years ago.