Scientists have long debated why Earth and Mars lack certain essential elements. A new study reveals that these missing ...

For many years, scientists have predicted that many of the elements that are crucial ingredients for life, like sulfur and nitrogen, first came to Earth when asteroid-type objects carrying them ...

Researchers trying to understand how the planets formed have uncovered a new clue by analysing meteorites that are older than the earth. The research shows that the process which depleted planets and ...

Earliest inner solar system planetesimals shaped the inventory of moderately volatile elements in terrestrial planets. Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from -- and why some are ...