Hundreds of millions of years ago, an asteroid caught by Earth's gravity might have fragmented, creating a temporary ring ...

Researchers may have finally cracked the age-old mystery about the origins of Earth's water, and the answer might be related ...

Single-celled species that often stick together in colonies have researchers rethinking the origin of animals.

Earth is so far the only known planet on which life exists—with liquid water and a stable atmosphere. However, the conditions ...

Experiment may help explain the ‘most intriguing causal paradox in biology’ about how early life forms came together about 4 ...

Pictures are the key to new insights in the field of astrophysics. Such images include simulations of cosmic events, which ...

During the Laschamps excursion, Earth's magnetic poles wandered erratically, and the field's intensity dropped to less than 10% of its current value.

Science pulls the famed 2011 'arsenic life' study on GFAJ-1, reigniting debate over scientific standards and editorial authority.

Clues about how worlds like Earth may have formed have been found buried at the heart of a spectacular 'cosmic butterfly'.

Television What Did You Think of the ‘Alien: Earth’ Premiere? The new 'Alien' show, from creator Noah Hawley and producer Ridley Scott, is now on FX and Hulu.

The question of when life began on Earth is as old as human culture. “It's one of these fundamental human questions: When did life appear on Earth?” said Professor Martin Whitehouse of the ...

Geologists unpack why the magnitude 8.8 temblor — the sixth largest ever recorded — fomented waves that reached Japan and Hawaii but caused little damage.