The company Atmos Space Cargo has developed a container for space transportation that is designed to return safely to Earth.

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

As pandemic lockdowns forced humans into isolation, Earth's vegetation was thriving. The year 2020 was the greenest in modern ...

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era. Insights from a University of California study suggest that early Earth had ...

Searching for life in alien oceans may be more difficult than scientists previously thought, even when we can sample these ...

“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

A new study focusing on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, shows that the physics of alien oceans could prevent evidence of deep-sea life from reaching places where we can detect it.

New studies co-led by UB show how 160 scientists mapped South Africa’s biodiversity using NASA aircraft and fieldwork.

MSU scientists studied microbes in Yellowstone hot springs to understand how life adapted to increasing oxygen levels.

In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we hear ideas about why misinformation spreads during climate disasters ...

As global temperatures rise, more regions are experiencing heat levels that exceed the human body's ability to cool itself.

Bryan Johnson wants to be ever young, Elon Musk wants to live on Mars and Artificial General Intelligence promises to ...