The idea that life on Earth arose through a series of improbable "hard" evolutionary steps may be misjudged, according to a ...

According to the calculations run by Ozaki and Reinhard, the oxygen-rich habitable history of Earth could end up lasting for ...

Earth may become uninhabitable in 250 million years due to a superheated supercontinent, Pangaea Ultima, with soaring ...

Scientists from Oxford University have confirmed the discovery of HD 20794 d, a “super-Earth” exoplanet located 20 ...

A new chemotaxis-based method could revolutionize the search for extraterrestrial life by detecting microbes movement on Mars ...

A supercomputer simulation reveals that extreme heat, volcanic activity, and harsh conditions could drive humanity extinct.

Scientists created a tool to study individual phytoplankton, helping predict climate effects and ocean health changes.

Around a star just 20 light-years from the Solar System, astronomers have confirmed the existence of what might be a ...

It’s fun to conceptualise like this, and set the human story within the grand perspective of Earth’s history. But there’s a ...

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.