Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules ...

Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, ...

Early in 1993, a manuscript landed in the Nature offices announcing the results of an unusual — even audacious — experiment. The investigators, led by planetary scientist and broadcaster Carl Sagan, ...

According to a new study, living cells outnumber stars in the universe, highlighting the deep, underrated link between geophysics and biology. By Dennis Overbye What’s in a number? According to a ...

Deep beneath Yellowstone’s famous geysers, a hidden world of microbes and magma is responding to earthquakes in ways ...

The first life-forms on Earth drew energy from sunlight filtering down into the ocean depths. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. By ...

Asteroid impacts and volcanism have led to mass extinctions on our planet. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / NASA / Public Domain Life’s first major catastrophe crept across the planet with the ...

Science journalist Rebecca Boyle has an intergenerational connection with the moon. Her grandfather Pfc. John J. Corcoran was involved in the 1943 Battle of Tarawa on the namesake atoll in the Pacific ...

A recent study spotted water carved cave openings in Mars Hebrus Valles region, hinting at sheltered places where signs of ancient microbes could survive.

Earth’s spin is not as steady as it looks. As ice melts and groundwater is pumped from deep aquifers to the surface, the ...

When I was five years old, my family moved into a 1930s semi-detached house with a long strip of garden. At the end of the garden was a miniature orchard of eight apple trees the previous owners had ...