Dr. Rowan Martindale, a paleoecologist and geobiologist at the University of Texas at Austin, was walking through the Dadès Valley in the Central High Atlas Mountains of Morocco when she saw something ...

A study by scientists at Penn State and NASA shows that intact biomolecules from dormant microbes break down much more slowly ...

For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research ...

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In order to understand the massive changes afoot in the warming polar regions, oceanographer Allison Fong is hunting for the ...

The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead ...

Recent research reveals microplastics are flooding the world’s oceans, diminishing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide, an ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, your solar system had a brush with two blazing blue stars that passed surprisingly close ...

How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don’t yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that ...

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 25: Rob Reiner speaks onstage at the screening of "The American President" during the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 25, 2025 in Hollywood ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever detected, reached its closest point to Earth overnight from Thursday to Friday (Dec. 18 to 19), and it remains in a good viewing position tonight.

Earth-like atmospheres require precise balances of nitrogen, oxygen, and CO₂, supported by long-term geological and biological processes. Most M-dwarf planets face atmospheric loss due to intense ...