A new “health check” for our planet sounds an alarm bell on rising ocean acidification, which is driven by carbon dioxide ...

When a massive star explodes as a supernova, it does more than release an extraordinary amount of energy. Supernovae ...

A new study has raised intriguing possibilities about the role of supernovae in shaping the evolution of life on Earth.

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

A new study could aid in the search for extraterrestrial life. A recent study by astronomers presents new evidence on the ...

Starting at the surface, you would have to dig nearly 2,000 miles before reaching the Earth’s core. No one could survive that ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

How did life on Earth begin in the first place? Nathalie Cabrol's book, "The Secret Life of the Universe: An Astrobiologist's Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life" (Scribner/Simon ...