Life could have the time and energy to arise and prosper on Earth-like worlds in the rapidly shrinking "Goldilocks zones" ...

While previous studies say volcanic or atmospheric lightning may have triggered chemical reactions that created organic ...

Two nearby explosive massive star deaths, or supernovas, may have triggered mass extinction events in Earth's distant past, ...

New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in northern Chile, will give us a better view of the Milky ...

The chemical element sulfur is essential for all lifeforms and is a building block of proteins and amino acids. By studying ...

The Miller-Urey hypothesis is based on a famous 1952 experiment in which researchers successfully formed these organic ...

NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, whose weeklong Boeing Starliner mission turned into an extended stay in space, have ...

Although the movie’s participants refuse to disclose classified information, some of their statements elicited “audible gasps ...

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Often seen as destructive, supermassive black holes could help sustain life under specific conditions, scientists have found.