Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river drainage systems. Water is the biosphere's lifeblood, and without it, Earth ...

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

Without enough liquid water on the surface, a planet's atmosphere can become choked with carbon dioxide, raising temperatures ...

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

However, light that leaves our star also contains UVC radiation, which has a shorter wavelength than UVA or UVB light and ...

Humans might not know of any intelligent beings beyond Earth, but if they exist, they might already know about us. New ...

The organization of life on Earth follows a simple, hidden rule known as “core-to-transition organization.” Hypothesized by ...

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien ...

The science behind why the Earth will spin just a little bit faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, this year.

Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is visiting a home away from Earth that has seen continuous human presence ...

As part of our summer series, Good Morning Tucson is taking you north to Biosphere 2. It's a 37 mile drive from the eastside ...

Our respondents are quick to point out the issues with using Earth’s rotation to get to a destination, not least the ...