Supun Dilshan won the Photographer of the Year Portfolio for “Trapped Between Worlds,” a set of images capturing the plight ...

Fossils and genetics are starting to point to life emerging surprisingly soon after Earth formed, when the planet was ...

An ambitious, multinational research project co-led by the University at Buffalo has demonstrated that Earth's biodiversity ...

An international team of scientists has confirmed the discovery of exoplanet HD 20794 d, which potentially could support life ...

More:High resolution photos of asteroid materials revealed ... nucleobases - the genetic components of DNA and RNA in all life on Earth.

From the flamboyant blossoms and birds of rainforests to the living rainbows of coral reefs, Earth’s surface is teeming with life. But some of its most diverse and fascinating biomes are ...

The telescope is one of only a few able to directly capture images of giant exoplanets ... The question is no longer, is there life beyond Earth? It’s a pretty sure bet there is.

The building blocks for life, including salts, organic matter and amino acids have been found in samples returned to Earth from outer space.