New discoveries by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover may not only explain why the Red Planet is a dry, lifeless desert, but that it ...

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that some of Earth’s earliest complex organisms evolved a remarkable ...

Is the world on the cusp of a fleeting instant with the edge of time? July 9, July 22, and August 5, 2025, mark the dates when Earth’s rotation will accelerate just sufficiently to remove 1.3 to 1.51 ...

Learn about two major asteroid impacts from 3.5 million years ago that may not have had lasting environmental effects.

Sure, life as we know it will end, but Earth will go on. But, a billion years is a long time, and if humanity is still around, we’ll need to seek refuge elsewhere.

The research estimates that life on Earth will end around the year 1,000,002,021, ... Science. Your inbox. Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there.

Scientists expect a specific day in July to be the shortest day of 2025 so far, running just over a millisecond faster than ...

A NASA-led study reveals a striking link between deep-Earth processes and life at the surface, suggesting that the planet’s churning molten interior could be subtly shaping the conditions for life.

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

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.

Two local researchers are making science more enjoyable no matter your background or education.Shahir Rizk and Maggie Fink ...

Earth’s ‘Great Dying’ killed 80-90% of life. How some amphibians survived. Bulbous temnospondyls looked like a cross between a crocodile and a salamander.