Scientists have discovered what they believe to be the strongest signature yet of alien life on a distant planet 120 light ...

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the ...

Footprints made tens of thousands of years ago may look like they’ve been erased by time and weather, but — like invisible ...

EU Court of Auditors member Laima Andrikienė dspeaking in the European Parliament in 2019 when she sat as an MEP for the ...

Robots, showcasing their capabilities in various scenarios -- from calligraphy and brewing coffee to dancing ... The Trans-Himalaya Earth Science International Cooperation Forum discussed joint ...

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Nature gives us so much, from the food we eat to the air we breathe; it keeps us healthy and thriving. WWF’s Earth Hour is the perfect moment to switch off and give back to the planet. Because when we ...

The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, which is roughly the size at which an asteroid could take out a city ...

There could be billions more people living on Earth than currently thought, according to a new study which claims rural figures worldwide could be vastly underestimated. Currently, the UN ...

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

Skyler Ware is a freelance science journalist covering chemistry, biology, paleontology and Earth science. She was a 2023 AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellow at Science News.