The hunt for habitable worlds has become a hot topic in astronomy. For decades, the search has been focused on planets in the ...

A supercomputer may have just predicted when life on Earth will end, and, thankfully, it's going to be a long time from now.

As NASA rolls out more powerful telescopes in the future, scientists will need a way to determine where to point them. A new ...

Seasonality shapes much of life on Earth. Most species, including humans, have synchronized their own rhythms with those of ...

A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists anywhere else besides Earth.

A prevailing theory in the scientific community, known as the "RNA World" hypothesis, suggests that life may have originally ...

Hidden in every tenth of a degree of extra warmth are hair-trigger switches built into Earth systems that are critical for ...

Satellite data reveals 21% of oceans have darkened, affecting photic zones and marine life. Researchers warn of severe ...

You read that right. Volcanoes are in fact the most deadly threat to humanity if we look at the history books.

While on Titan, Dragonfly will utilize its rotorcraft design to fly around the methane-filled world and explore Titan’s chemistry and how life may have begun on Earth. Using a suite of four ...

Elon Musk is taking the long view. The billionaire SpaceX founder has long said that humanity needs to expand its footprint ...