How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid lifelessness, did our planet become warm, hospitable, and life-sustaining? The answer ...

Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, astronomers have detected more than 7,000 of them in our galaxy. But there are still billions more to be discovered. At the same time, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Earth is the only planet in our solar system that is capable of sustaining human life, and this is why. The sun is the star at the center of our solar system. Every star has a habitable ...

“Cities that Work for People and Ecosystems” is the theme for a full week of demonstration projects in the Sacramento’s American River Parkway from August 10−15 during the Ecological Society of ...

We will no longer be able to live on Earth if we do not address global warming. I saw a article in Scientific American called ...

In exploring Earth's ancient past, researchers delve into the bedrock of the Makhonjwa Mountains in South Africa, uncovering ...

Chlorophyll is the green pigment found in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. It is essential for photosynthesis, the process ...

A new study has revealed that liquid water once flowed through the asteroid that gave rise to near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, more than a billion years after it first formed. The discovery, made by a team ...

From freshwater ponds to clear coastal waters, single-celled algae play a vital role in sustaining life on Earth. Courtesy David R. Nelson, NYU Abu Dhabi. From freshwater ponds to clear coastal waters ...

Chris Impey receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth. But what if life ...