An ambitious, multinational research project co-led by the University at Buffalo has demonstrated that Earth's biodiversity ...

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

An asteroid strike could cool the planet's climate, harm crops, and disrupt food supply, but it may also increase plankton ...

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...

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

A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as ...

Their research reveals which Earthly 'technosignatures' would be easiest to detect from a planet across the galaxy.

Samples of organic matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building ...

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era. Insights from a University of California study suggest that early Earth had ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...