The Cassiopeia A supernova remnant reveals that massive exploding stars can forge far more of life's essential ingredients ...

New research announced by NASA on Tuesday details a bevy of exciting discoveries from asteroid dust that could provide clues ...

Scientists have long believed that the Moon was formed by a massive object crashing into the Earth. But what was that thing ...

Surface-bound gels may have offered the structure and chemistry needed for life to take hold on Earth—and possibly elsewhere.

When ancient microbes died, they did not leave skeletons though some have argued controversially that colonies left ancient microstructures ...

Reservoirs of hydrogen gas that form naturally in Earth's crust could help humans decarbonize. The challenge now is finding ...

Scientists have discovered that complex life began evolving much earlier than traditional models suggested. Using an expanded ...

Stunning concentric rings in Libya's Sahara Desert, Jabal Arkanū, were formed by ancient volcanic activity and millions of ...

NASA confirms the viral red “jellyfish lights” are natural red sprites. They are rare upper-atmosphere lightning flashes that ...

Understanding the complex network of preceding events and their consequences is the only way to get a clearer picture of the ...

An ecologist at the IPCC for over 25 years, Camille Parmesan, who is also a refugee scientist, explains how to preserve ...