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

For now, life is flourishing on our oxygen-rich planet, but Earth wasn't always that way – and scientists have predicted that ...

A micromoon will rise in the night sky on Feb. 18, appearing smaller to the naked eye than an average lunation yet boast ...

Their discovery showed that even tucked away in our innards – in the walls of our stomachs, subjected to vinegar-like pH ...

Fluctuations in ancient Earth’s environment might have propelled the chemical complexity that laid the foundation for life.

New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular "reset" events that ...

For decades, scientists assumed that life on Earth emerged through a chain of highly improbable flukes. But a new theory suggests it may have instead arrived just in time.

"Pale Blue Dot" – one of the last photos taken by Voyager 1 – is still the most distant image of the Earth. Astronomer Carl ...