Earth’s atmosphere is slowly leaking into space, and new research shows some of it reaches the Moon, where it may be ...

What Scientists Found in 1.4 Billion-Year-Old Air Is Reshaping Our Understanding of Early Earth ...

Earth's earliest atmosphere may have done more than surround the planet - it may have helped make life possible. A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new study reveals that ...

Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules linked to life. These sulfur-rich compounds, including certain amino acids, ...

Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial impacts churned its surface and interior into a seething ocean of magma—an ...