What drives us to send probes throughout the solar system and rovers and landers to Mars? It's not cheap, and it's not easy.

So why do so many life-forms breathe oxygen? There are probably thousands of kinds of metabolisms, or chemical processes that ...

Large soda lakes may have provided the high phosphorus levels needed for life to begin on Earth, offering a new explanation ...

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

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The ...

Along with nitrogen and carbon, phosphorus is an essential element for life on Earth. It is a central component of molecules ...

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was shaped. The team from Curtin's School of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the Geological Survey ...

In "Ends of the Earth," Neil Shubin travels north and south to explore the frontiers of polar science and history.

A new approach to estimating the likelihood of life on Venus has been proposed by researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center, ...

Ancient oceans, which were heavy on iron, interacted differently with light wavelengths, retracting green light into the ...