The LHS 1903 system defies expectations with a rocky outer planet, prompting new ideas about how planets form and evolve.

An interstellar comet changed its chemistry after passing the Sun, revealing hidden layers and a surprising mix of carbon ...

A scientist and leader in the organic farming movement, she popularized the “soil food web,” an understanding that soil is a ...

Explore 25 bizarre natural events that shouldn't exist, from dancing forests to snow donuts. Discover Earth's most ...

Ancient Greeks believed in alien life, as well as in gods, souls, and beings that inhabited the Moon, stars, and Heavens.

Aristotle's views on the nature of the cosmos dominated the Ancient Greek world. He argued that there's only one world, at ...

Searching for alien languages sheds light on how much human languages have in common—with each other and even with animal ...

Future missions will need longer expiration dates and grow-it-yourself options. Luckily, labs around the world are working on ...

Beyond Artemis II, human spaceflight missions will need longer expiration dates and grow-it-yourself options. Luckily, labs ...

For a long time, it was thought that this [technique] required telescopes in space,” says John Mather, the Nobel ...

Plants around the world are slowly changing, and most people do not notice it. New plants from other countries are growing in places where they did not exist before. A study led by the University of ...

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has produced, for the first time, high-resolution global maps of invasion risk for thousands of alien plant species under current ...