Key pointsMicrobialites are rock-like structures among the earliest signs of life on Earth. New research improves understanding of how early life may ...

What if Venus became Earth's moon? Explore how our planet would change if Earth’s twin, a planet almost the same size and ...

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, could harbor life in its hidden underground ocean – yet Titan's entire aquatic biosphere may ...

A new study has found thick layers of clay found on Mars could have provided the required mix of water, minerals and a calm environment for life to develop. Scientists from The University of Texas at ...

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

At the time, the Earth's surface was hot enough to bake pizza, but rocks still solidified. Those in this area formed almost ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

Essentially, gas pistoning is a shallow, degassing-driven rise and fall of a lava surface. Often these pistons occur in ...

An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around them as a supercontinent broke up.

Nestled in the heart of Gainesville sits a natural wonder so unexpected, so beautifully bizarre, that it feels like stepping into another dimension – Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park, where ...