Have you ever thought about what would happen if all life in the ocean disappeared? A recent study explores this extreme ...

"The Making of Our Planet" was created by the team behind the Netflix documentary series Our Planet. But instead of focusing ...

A tailor-made version of Minecraft let researchers look at the success of learning individually or taking cues from others while foraging for fruit.

Another special element of MMB is the "magnetotactic" in its name, which means it orients itself based on Earth's magnetic ...

For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable ...

Today is Earth Day, and Sunil Rajagopal ... Also read Gautam Bhatia ’s tribute to the life and works of Mario Vargas Llosa; ...

One such moment was when the spacecraft sent back images of Earth for the first time. Another may come soon: the discovery of life on another world. This possibility is now being seriously considered ...

Longtime NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who has ventured to space four times, is due to return to Earth soon from the International Space Station. Pettit will turn 70 on Sunday (Monday in Australia).

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed gases like methane, carbon dioxide, and most notably, dimethyl sulfide (DMS), a molecule on Earth only produced by life. A follow-up study ...

His hearing loss had no impact on his job—“In a courtroom, you can get along fine with one ear”—but other parts of his life were upended. The brain pinpoints sound sources in part by ...

Now a group of scientists working for NASA together with researchers from the University of Tōhō in Japan have calculated a timeline for the complete extinction of all life on Earth. According to this ...

It is a significant milestone in the quest seeking life outside Earth. Beyond the recent discovery, here is a list of five notable instances when scientists discovered potential evidence or predicted ...