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

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

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.

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 ...

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

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

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

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

A new global report, the Nexus Assessment Report, is a comprehensive assessment of the interplay between biodiversity, water, ...

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

Pixar turns 39 this week, and what better way to celebrate than by revisiting Wall-E. Its message about love, loneliness, and the fate of our planet feels more relevant than ever.

The finding, reported in the science journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, is significant because the data reported by the ...