Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth.

There's a longstanding attitude in many farming communities that trees and agriculture don't mix. But agroforestry—the ...

A recent study from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions.

A new study focusing on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, shows that the physics of alien oceans could prevent evidence of deep-sea life from reaching places where we can detect it.

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 ...

Searching for life in alien oceans may be more difficult than scientists previously thought, even when we can sample these ...