Scientists used aircraft and satellites to track biodiversity, helping improve conservation and space research.

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, ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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