The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

Today, with 8 billion humans on this planet, the few wealthy countries are extracting natural resources at alarming rates, ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - ...

The car-sized Curiosity rover has spotted evidence of once quite hospitable environs on Mars.

Exoplanet WASP-127b is a hot Jupiter, a gas giant planet orbiting very close to its star. The system is more than 500 ...

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Foraminifera, though eukaryotic, have adapted to use chemoautotrophy to enable them to survive where oxygen and sunlight are ...

"I know there is a huge host of issues to be dealt with on Earth, but if we don't solve this one, none of the others will matter because our planet will no longer be ... usual talking points of carbon ...

As the climate crisis rewrites the rules of survival, Pakistan’s judiciary emerges as an unlikely guardian of climate justice ...

The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes ...

The rapid pace of melting glaciers is causing profound environmental and geopolitical changes due to shifting national ...