Paul Hawken’s survey of carbon science is extensive, sound and frequently fascinating, a fine example of popular science ...

Scientists have long thought that our solar system's ocean worlds, such as Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus, ...

A team of scientists just discovered the longest organic molecules yet seen on Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and and a ...

Deep below Earth's surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the chemicals fossilized within shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue and green.

While previous studies say volcanic or atmospheric lightning may have triggered chemical reactions that created organic ...

Life could have the time and energy to arise and prosper on Earth-like worlds in the rapidly shrinking "Goldilocks zones" ...

NASA's robotic vehicle has found unprecedentedly large organic molecules on the red planet, although scientists have not been able to determine their origin. They were formed 3.7 billion years ago ...

A study of ancient stromatolites reveals that ammonium reservoirs in early Earth's oceans, likely influenced by volcanic activity, may have supported microbial life before the Great Oxidation Event.

More than half a billion years ago on a frigid, ice-covered Earth, glaciers stirred up ingredients for complex life by bulldozing ... of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Curtin University in ...

This can result in many things growing startlingly big, for example ... blow to all life on Earth. On the other hand, we're trying really hard. Carlyn Zwarenstein writes about science for Salon.

Experts analyzed satellite imagery of planetary surface cracks and compared them with Earth's geologic features, searching ...