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

A new study suggests that the explosive deaths of the universe's earliest stars created surprising quantities of water that ...

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

Was 2020’s ‘Don’t Look Up’ accurate? Find out what NASA revealed about an asteroid that will approach Earth in 2032.

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

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

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 ...

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 OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

According to astronomers, there are approximately 200 billion trillion stars in our observable universe — chances are, ...