The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Scientists have discovered that complex life began evolving much earlier than traditional models suggested. Using an expanded ...

On Feb. 22, 2020, "Mad" Mike Hughes towed a homemade rocket to the Mojave Desert and launched himself into the sky. His goal?

New research reveals that Earth’s solid inner core is actually in a superionic state, where carbon atoms flow freely through ...

People come to believe in flat Earth, spirits and microchipped vaccines for the same reasons they come to believe in anything ...

A surprising new study reveals that one side of the Earth is cooling way faster than the other. According to scientists from ...

Scientists have developed a system called “mind captioning” that turns brain activity patterns into short text captions.

Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial impacts churned its surface and interior into a seething ocean of magma—an ...

Surface-bound gels may have offered the structure and chemistry needed for life to take hold on Earth—and possibly elsewhere.

About 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) below our feet, two enormous patches of strange rock sit above Earth’s core. New computer models now tie these deep structures to slow chemical leaks between the ...

Learn how Albert Einstein’s theory reveals that time on Mars runs faster than on Earth — and why that tiny shift matters for ...