Regeneration on Doctor Who allowed the Time Lord to change face. From William Hartnell to Tom Baker to David Tennant, here is ...

We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific evidence at a record pace. Yet the age-old question remains unanswered: are w ...

Earth received water toward the final stages of its formation. This reshapes understanding of the conditions needed for life.

By exploring Yellowstone's geothermal springs, scientists discovered the microbes that reveal how life adapted to harsh conditions billions of years ago.

The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life ...

New work offers insight into how early life adapted from a low-oxygen atmosphere to the one that exists today.

From the warmest year on record to an arctic blast and even snow, marine biologists are concerned about weather and climate ...

Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By ...

Scientist have concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as previously thought, an insight that bears directly on the question of when life originated on the planet. The finding ...

When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

How life evolved is one of the central questions in science and has fascinated humans for centuries. Early Earth was undoubtedly a harsh environment, but we know surprisingly little about the ...