As you watch the night sky, streaks of light often flash for a moment, then disappear. These brilliant flashes—called ...

The type of meteorites that could have been crucial to the origins of life are very rare, but the asteroids they come from are common. Astronomers have long had an explanation for this paradox, but ...

Oxford researchers have unearthed a cosmic surprise showing that the hydrogen needed for water was embedded in the very rocks ...

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered crucial evidence for the origin of water on Earth. Using a ...

Most meteorites are small — pebble-sized or smaller — chunks of rocky material that, in most cases, get buried in the soil or ...

The chemical composition of a meteorite that was built much like early Earth shows evidence of ample hydrogen necessary to ...

Researchers say they discovered evidence that early Earth was home to more hydrogen than previously thought, calling into ...

Experts from the University of Oxford now think that the rocky material which built our planet had the elements it needed to ...

All that said, the findings can’t confirm the terrestrial life theory beyond a doubt. There’s still a chance hydrogen-heavy ...

Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research suggests the planet didn't need the delivery.

Among them, one type stands out for its ancient and life ... Although carbonaceous meteorites are rare, they may still have delivered enough water and organic materials to early Earth to play ...

University of Oxford researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids ...