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

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ultimately forming protocells—primitive, non-living structures that were ...

Tariffs have dominated headlines since President Donald Trump took office just over two weeks ago, as he threatened steep, sweeping tariffs on goods the United States imports from its three largest ...

A study of Paleolithic skeletons from Central Europe suggests people's teeth were worn down and crowded together because of ...

Astronomers discovered supersonic winds on a giant gas planet located over 500 light-years from Earth. In a study released ...

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a professor of Earth and atmospheric sciences at the University of Alberta in Canada. Even in Herd’s line of work, incidents like the meteorite strike in Prince Edward Island — Canada’s ...

SoftBank Group, OpenAI and Oracle are forming a half-a-trillion dollar venture in the United States that will develop artificial intelligence infrastructure with warp-speed-type support from the U ...

In the early 1970s, the Cold War had reached a particularly frigid moment, and U.S. military and intelligence officials had a problem. The Soviet Navy was becoming a global maritime threat—and the ...

While its release date is quickly approaching, Tales of the Shire might still have enough time to tweak an area that has already garnered criticism.

Earth ejecta, for instance, could hold Earth life. "We're trying to figure out how much mass is reaching Venus from Earth, and how many cells can that mass carry," Emma Guinan, first author of a ...

A research team has discovered another piece in the puzzle of the formation of the Moon and water on Earth. The prevailing ... of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The researchers analysed ...