An international team of scientists has confirmed the discovery of exoplanet HD 20794 d, which potentially could support life ...

SETI scientists suggest that extraterrestrial civilizations could detect Earth through 'technosignatures' like planetary ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

An international team of scientists has confirmed the discovery of the exoplanet HD 20794 d, which could potentially support ...

Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites ...

A recent study investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions. Researchers pushed these conditions to the limits, ...

Polyester microdroplets, possible precursors to life, were formed from alpha-hydroxy acids (αHAs) in early Earth-like conditions even at low reaction volume, low reactant concentrations, and/or ...

But the origins of life on our planet remains one of the great mysteries of science. Now, a mission by NASA to collect a piece of ancient asteroid and bring it back to Earth has revealed that the ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

Earth received water toward the final stages of its formation. This reshapes understanding of the conditions needed for life.

Deep subsurface microbes are highly diverse, challenging assumptions about life in low-energy environments. This discovery ...

The inner core of Earth may have changed shape in the past 20 years, according to a group of scientists. The inner core is ...