Current conditions in Japanese hot springs give clues as to how some of these ancient microorganisms survived and adapted.

Scientists have a lot of questions about our planet’s most important carbon sink—and a new project could help answer them.

A comet from another star system is swinging by Mars as a fleet of spacecraft trains its sights on the interstellar visitor.

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Goodall last came to Boston's Museum of Science two years ago with her signature stuffed monkey. Now, one small primate, a cotton-top tamarin at the museum, bears her name.

Archaeologists with the University of Cádiz have excavated one of the largest tombs ever discovered in Andalusia, which ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its ...

It took three million years for the chemical composition of the planet to be stable after its birth, but elements to help ...

With unprecedented clarity, scientists have directly observed a subduction zone—the collision point where one tectonic plate ...

Perseverance rover data shows Jezero Crater once held a calm lake, leaving behind mudstones rich in organic-linked minerals.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope are unraveling the mysteries of TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 ...