Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...

Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

Astronomers have discovered a new type of object that is a starless cloud that failed to form as a galaxy. Here's what to ...

A standard industrial knitting machine has been modified to produce fabrics from tungsten wire coated in gold, which are used ...

Some places on Earth look so unusual that they feel out of place at first glance. These landscapes exist because of rare ...

Researchers find that Earth’s orbital rhythms influenced sediment and organic preservation in Jurassic shale deposits.

How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don't yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that ...

In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

New research shows how RNA, a key molecule for life, may have formed on early Earth using simple chemistry and materials delivered by asteroid impacts, linking space science with the origins of life ...

Researchers at Göttingen University have uncovered new evidence that some of Earth’s most precious metals began their journey ...