Earth’s annual orbit around the Sun is not always perfectly circular; instead, it displays variations in what is known as eccentricity — in which the planet’s orbit varies between a more-circular and ...

Nordic Center for Earth Evolution (NordCEE) has the following research output in the current window (1 August 2024 - 31 July 2025) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles ...

A new simulation model shows Earth's evolution over the past 100 million years in a very detailed manner. The sun sets behind artist Luke Jerram's 'Floating Earth' at Pennington Flash on November 22, ...

As an essential material for the survival and reproduction of almost all aerobic organisms, oxygen is closely related to the formation and development of complex organisms. A recent review provides a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: YueStock Shutterstock Evolution is the way groups of life-forms change over time to ...

Over 500 million years ago, during the Cambrian period, all major animal phyla appeared rapidly in what is known as the Cambrian explosion, which established a completely new Earth-life system. This ...

Giant mountain ranges at least as high as the Himalayas and stretching up to 8,000 kilometers across entire supercontinents played a crucial role in the evolution of early life on Earth, according to ...

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways? How do you look for alien life when you don’t know what alien life might look like ...

Updated models suggest only 60,000 to 250,000 Earth-like habitats may exist in the Galaxy, with far fewer capable of ...

"The Giant Leap," by astrobiologist Caleb Scharf, is an optimistic account of our widening journey into the cosmos.

It used to be thought that there were more volatiles than expected in lunar soil because they escaped Earth before it had a ...