The science behind why the Earth will spin just a little bit faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, this year.

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

NASA scientists have discovered an electric field encompassing Earth’s atmosphere that is as "fundamental" as gravity -- and could even give clues about possible life on other planets.

New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the building blocks of life.

Research on the ISS helped scientists tackle problems we can’t solve on Earth, from human biology to fire behavior and ...

The path toward intelligent life, they argue, may be more of a predictable process, unfolding as global conditions allow in a manner that should not be considered unique to Earth.

Students, parents and teachers are blasting this year’s Biology Regents for not including material kids learned and studied for, instead asking unexpected questions about earth science and ...

Earth's oceans may have been green for billions of years until the first photosynthetic organisms flooded our atmosphere with oxygen.

Science Space Building blocks of life on Earth originate from a relatively small amount of source material 'It would be very inconvenient for us if we were being repeatedly blasted by supernovae.' ...

Environmental evidence of the very first experiments in the evolution of complex life on Earth, has been uncovered by an international team of scientists.