Inorganic nanostructures surrounding deep-ocean hydrothermal vents closely resemble molecules essential for life.

Learn from John Hopkins scientists what happens when the building blocks of life evolve in extreme ocean worlds.

In its first edition, a report from the Potsdam ... to evaluate the nine planetary boundaries. These life-support systems make Earth resilient and stable. Alarmingly, six of those boundaries ...

On the barren, cold expanses of Mars, a discovery has rocked the scientific world. The recent Mars rover unmanned mission has ...

The first rocky planet ever spotted orbiting a burned out star called a white dwarf offers a glimpse of what may be in store ...

They say it is a “first-of-its-kind” scientific report and tool for measuring the health of the Earth’s vital organs that serve as humanity’s life support system. Years of research from ...

Sunil Amrith brilliantly portrays how our dominance over nature has been self-serving and destructive, a corrosive ...

Imperial researchers have found that, 4.5 billion years ago, ice modified asteroids in a way that may have led to the beginning of life on Earth. The fractures identified by the team were filled with ...

The lectures cover a wide range, from the requirements a planet must fulfil in order to create life, to the first organic molecules that formed on Earth and developed into complex life forms over ...

A small asteroid will join Earth's orbit around the sun for two months beginning Sunday, becoming a 'mini-moon.' ...

The San Diego Zoo Safari Park celebrates the birth of its first aardvark calf, a significant addition to the park.

A rocky exoplanet located 4,000 light years away provides a possible preview of the Sun and Earth's fate 8 billion of years ...