Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.

The red brick exterior with its classic storefront windows gives off that quintessential small-town Pennsylvania charm. A wooden bench and barrel planters outside invite you to sit a spell, maybe ...

For decades, scientists believed water was the essential cradle for life. But new research suggests life’s building blocks ...

Earth’s oceans cover roughly 70% of the surface. Beneath the mesmerizing surface, marine life is being captured by nets, traps and other human-made hazards. In the process of struggling to escape, ...

The Universe’s most abundant ice isn’t formless—it’s secretly laced with crystals. And that might change how we think about water, planets, and life itself.

Ice in space, long believed to be completely disordered like frozen water without structure, is turning out to be more complex. New research from (UCL) and the University of Cambridge has shown that ...

Space ice” contains tiny crystals and is not, as previously assumed, a completely disordered material like liquid water, ...

"Space ice" contains tiny crystals and is not a completely disordered material like liquid water, as previously assumed, ...

Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

A time for succulent squash, impossibly sweet corn, life-altering tomatoes, and, perhaps most thrilling of all, utterly ...

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

Learn about new evidence that suggests life on Earth may have started with the help of molecules that were delivered by ...