What drives us to send probes throughout the Solar System and rovers and landers to Mars? It's not cheap, and it's not easy.

New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the earliest days of Earth's formation and potentially calls ...

Ancient microbes illustrate a particular kind of respiration in which carbon dioxide and hydrogen are combined to form acetic ...

Scientists have discovered evidence that Earth's oceans were once green, hinting that this could be a marker of early life, ...

Large soda lakes - those without natural runoff - could have built and sustained extremely high concentrations of phosphorus.

Similarly, some recurring dreams (not nightmares) might be a part of you, signaling that this is not your first life on earth ...

The building blocks of life on Earth may have been fueled by tiny sparks hopping between water droplets.

While previous studies say volcanic or atmospheric lightning may have triggered chemical reactions that created organic ...

Penn State researchers propose that Earth and life have evolved together in a way that is more typical of life-supporting ...