An ambitious, multinational research project co-led by the University at Buffalo has demonstrated that Earth's biodiversity ...

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era. Insights from a University of California study suggest that early Earth had ...

Life on Earth extends far beyond the vibrant rainforests and sunlit coral reefs. Deep below the surface, an extraordinary ...

Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, we detected more than 7000 of them in our Galaxy. But there are still billions more to be discovered! At the same time, exoplanetologists have ...

"The origin and diversification of complex life on Earth remains one of the most profound and enduring questions in natural science," said ... atmospheric oxygen and background UVR.

They’re the building rocks of life. Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the ingredients to life on Earth were ... of the Science Mission Directorate ...