Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...

Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt to ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to ...

This week, astronomers reported the discovery of a super-Earth potentially capable of sustaining life, occupying an eccentric orbit around its star that oscillates in and out of the habitable zone.

Before species go extinct, their populations often shrink and become isolated. Healthy populations tend to have a large gene pool with many genetic variants circulating. But the path to extinction ...

A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly ...

In February 1995, a small research organization known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most comprehensive ...

Antimony is widely used in the production of materials for electronics, as well as metal alloys resistant to corrosion and ...

New research reveals the surprising ways atmospheric winds influence ocean eddies, shaping the ocean's weather patterns in ...

A team of engineers, physicists and computer specialists at Canadian company, Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc., has unveiled ...

NASA's commercial partners have mounted a vigorous defense of the Artemis moon mission plans amid the specter of changes from ...

As insect populations decrease worldwide in what some have called an "insect apocalypse," biologists are desperate to ...