If the world exploded, what proportion of the rocks floating in space would have evidence of life? (continued) ...

Fossils from China's Chengjiang beds reveal that early vertebrate ancestors, jawless fish called myllokunmingids, possessed ...

Among the most persistent claims is that extraterrestrials assisted in the construction of ancient civilizations.

Life on Earth may not have started here at all. A scientist says alien intervention is unlikely but still possible, reshaping the debate on our true origins.

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

If life exists elsewhere in the universe, researchers at the University of Washington are finding the clues on Earth to help ...

According to an app called Sobbefy, answering yes to questions like these meant I could be a love addict. For months, I had ...

The climate record holds some of its best warnings in stone, soil, and leaves. In a new study, scientists from the University of Utah and the Colorado School of Mines looked back to one of Earth’s ...

Astrobiologists say we could find evidence of microbial life within the next 10–20 years. What does that mean? Where are we ...

This stone path appears during low tide at Jebudo Island, South Korea. The narrow walkway connects small rocky islets surrounded by shallow turquoise water. This video shows how the tidal road works ...

So here’s the situation: you live in Virginia, which gives you access to one of the most spectacular underground attractions ...

With the best sites already taken up, building new big storage dams and then pumping water over vast distances to where it is ...