Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics are leading a major part of NASA’s new SPHEREx mission to study ...

The University of Hawaii astronomer’s interest in habitable worlds began at a geothermal field in Iceland, where she and a ...

A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to ...

The origin story of C.S. Lewis' infamous Narnia in The Magician's Nephew is a blend of Christian inspiration and the power of ...

The women making history on Blue Origin’s first all-female flight—Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Amanda ...

Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed ...

Could microbes survive in the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) of the Moon? This is what a recent study presented at ...

The SETI Institute announced today two recipients for the 2025 Drake Award: Dr. David Deamer (University of California, Santa ...

Unusual structures of unknown origin discovered in desert rocks have been documented in a new study. In the desert regions of ...

Single-celled organisms that group together can generate stronger water currents to pull in food, a benefit that may have ...