Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

For decades, scientists believed water was the essential cradle for life. But new research suggests life’s building blocks ...

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth? A discovery ...

The deep-sea volcanoes beneath Earth’s oceans may offer vital clues in the search for alien life on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

Earth’s oceans cover roughly 70% of the surface. Beneath the mesmerizing surface, marine life is being captured by nets, traps and other human-made hazards. In the process of struggling to escape, ...

NASA has confirmed the discovery of an Earth-sized planet parked right in the “habitable zone” of a distant red dwarf star.

"Space ice" contains tiny crystals and is not a completely disordered material like liquid water, as previously assumed, ...

Water frozen in the depths of space has long been considered a shapeless, frozen fog. For decades, scientists believed it ...

The Universe’s most abundant ice isn’t formless—it’s secretly laced with crystals. And that might change how we think about water, planets, and life itself.

A new study warns that ultra-processed foods increase inflammation and the risk of chronic diseases, regardless of body ...