Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

Micrometeorites raining down from space may have provided the perfect surfaces for the first primitive cells to form on Earth ...

Most people I meet are unaware of their skin type or what products to use, so they rely on recommendations from neighbors, ...

What can the climate history of Mars teach scientists about whether the Red Planet once had the ingredients for life as we ...

Jadarite—commonly known as kryptonite due to its chemical similarity to the mineral bane of Superman—has only every been found in a deposit in northern Serbia. Now, scientists have deciphered the ...

Their presence means that icy materials floating in space might survive even during the wild, chaotic process of planet formation. What could it mean for life beyond Earth?

Scientists from UCL and the University of Cambridge have revealed that "space ice"—long thought to be completely ...

Earth’s oceans cover roughly 70% of the surface. Beneath the mesmerizing surface, marine life is being captured by nets, traps and other human-made hazards. In the process of struggling to escape, ...