One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

As pandemic lockdowns forced humans into isolation, Earth's vegetation was thriving. The year 2020 was the greenest in modern ...

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 ...

After a $30 million donor pledge fell through, the Museum of the Earth continues to endure severe financial challenges.

New studies co-led by UB show how 160 scientists mapped South Africa’s biodiversity using NASA aircraft and fieldwork.

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Mars is apparently not the only planet on our radar capable of sustaining life. UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super-Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the ...

Since 1990, arid regions have expanded by an area a third larger than India and now cover 40 per cent of the ... devastating impacts for all life on Earth. Professor Stroeve says: ‘Summer ...

Sara Russell receives funding from the UK Science and Technology Facilities ... into how some of the ingredients for life may have first arrived on Earth. Born in the years bracketing the ...

A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as ...

and Earth Science. The ocean’s dark surface helps it absorb heat, whereas white clouds and aerosol particles in the atmosphere help bounce the sun’s radiation back into space. In 2020 ...