Astrophysicists have long theorized that there should be planets out there that are, in size, somewhere between Earth and ...

More than two billion years ago, cyanobacteria started to produce oxygen in the primarily toxic atmosphere of Earth.

Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test—a comprehensive model for estimating the ...

Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME) has been awarded £6.1m in funding from the UK Government Department of Science, Industry and ...

The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover is making history by collecting handpicked Martian samples for future return to Earth. Scientists are eager to study these specimens to unlock secrets about Mars’ ancient ...

Eco-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels are venturing beyond Earth—and into space.

Researchers at Rice University have developed a new method for performing chemical reactions using water instead of toxic ...

A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic ...

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...

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

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...