Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research ...

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

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

Scientists have long questioned whether an early Earth could have contained the appropriate hydrogen and oxygen on its own to ...

Scientists from the University of Oxford analyzed a rare type of meteorite known as an enstatite chondrite. The space rock dates to around 4.6 billion years ago and is believed to be similar in ...

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

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

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

A rare kind of meteorite known as enstatite chondrite resembles Earth's composition roughly 4.5 billion years ago. 31,066 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than ...

Using a rare type of meteorite, known as an enstatite chondrite, which has a composition analogous to that of the early Earth (4.55 billion years ago), they have found a source of hydrogen which ...