Chinese researchers have recently challenged the long-held belief that "all life depends on sunlight." In a study published ...

At some point during the evolution of life on Earth, inorganic matter became organic, nonliving matter became living. How ...

At some point during the evolution of life on Earth, inorganic matter became organic, nonliving matter became living. How ...

Scientists have converted food waste into biodegradable plastic using bacteria, offering a dual fix for global food and ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

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

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 ...

NASA has confirmed the discovery of an Earth-sized planet parked right in the “habitable zone” of a distant red dwarf star.

Water frozen in the depths of space has long been considered a shapeless, frozen fog. For decades, scientists believed it ...

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

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

ESA’s Biomass satellite reveals hidden carbon, forests, and terrain using advanced radar that sees through trees, sand, and ice.