Australian microbe research is helping improve our understanding of the potential for life in extreme environments, offering ...

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

There are places on this planet that feel less like corners of the Earth and more like fragments from a dream, or perhaps the ...

In the early 1990s, eight people tried to survive in a hermetically sealed glass structure filled with miniature forests, ...

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien life in the glow of a distant planet. Other scientists were quick to ...

Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...

The slightly warmer temperatures around the middle of the Earth melted the top layers of ice to form meltwater ponds that ...

Many modern devices—from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines—rely on strong magnets made from ...

Charlize Theron appeared on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast during her press tour for “The Old Guard 2” and was asked about an ...

Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or ...

Wave-like landforms on Mars provide clues about the planet’s icy history, its potential to support life, and the behavior of ...