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Life’s ultimate origin will never be known, but researchers are probing the possibilities—for Earth and elsewhere.

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

The strength of Earth’s magnetic field and the amount of oxygen in its atmosphere seem to be correlated—and scientists want ...

For over half a billion years, Earth’s magnetic field has risen and fallen in sync with oxygen levels in the atmosphere, and scientists are finally uncovering why. A NASA-led study reveals a striking ...

Life on our planet has survived countless challenges over billions of years, from asteroid impacts to volcanic eruptions that ...

The discovery of the exoplanet, a super-Earth called Kepler-735c, is all down to something called transit timing variations, ...

Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is visiting a home away from Earth that has seen continuous human presence ...

Earlier this week, hundreds of the industry’s finest descended on the Hilton Bankside hotel in London for the inaugural Life ...

Plankton are vital to planetary and climate stability and are therefore important contributors to human well-being.

Science is under attack throughout the world. Meanwhile, there’s substantial scientific evidence that the planetary system is ...

Adrian Tchaikovsky is the award-winning author of many books of science fiction and fantasy, including The Children of Time, ...