A 2014 astronaut photo shows a pair of volcanic lakes appearing to stare up into space from the Chiltepe Peninsula of ...

Researchers who examined data from Perseverance found that the rocks contained organics that could have been the precursors ...

A protein historian and evolutionary biochemist found that a protein sequence present across all known life didn’t form as ...

Three celestial bodies are about to meet up for one night in September in a conjunction that should be widely visible in the U.S. – including Florida.

The idea was that high-powered lasers would propel tiny probes to 20 percent of the speed of light, impelling them with ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found two chemicals on rocks in a Martian crater that could have been produced by microbes.

Madison Blue Spring State Park in tiny Lee, Florida, is the kind of spot that makes you question whether you’ve accidentally stumbled through a portal to some fantasy realm where water doesn’t play by ...

Dinosaurs' extinction "re-engineered" Earth's surface, according to new research. The reptiles had such an "immense" impact ...

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...

A team of scientists has investigated how Earth’s twin became so inhospitable, and whether the same will happen to our planet ...

A planetary perspective on the relationship between life and energy, and the emergence of a life form whose influence extends ...

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases the size of the Moon’s orbit. This means that the Moon gets slightly farther ...