Cataclysmic cosmic collisions may have benefited the evolution of primitive organisms early in Earth's history, a study says.

A new NASA-led study suggests that photosynthetic microbes could thrive in hidden bubbles of meltwater below patches of ice ...

With the help of advanced imaging cameras and software, astronomers are finally able to track even smaller incoming impactors ...

These people are rebuilding homes lost to wildfires in the western US – only this time they are using a material that they ...

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We all know cacti store water—but to survive, they migrate their flowers, and so much more. Scientists want to copy the ...

A huge meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans, ...

To serve its growing group of Antarctic travelers, Silversea Cruises is building a 150-room luxury hotel in Puerto Williams, ...

This year, the Earth is expected to see temperatures that are more than 2.1 degrees above the average - which is where it sat in 2023 when it set the record. In August, the European Copernicus Climate ...

Lorna Moore did just that in early October when she visited the property that human-composting company Earth Funeral uses near Quilcene on the OIympic Peninsula. She plans on having her earthly ...

An important United Nations meeting on biodiversity this week could hold a key to protecting nature's richness across the ...