How did life on Earth begin? and Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Given the enormous interest in these questions, you ...

ESA 's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is ultimately headed for the Jovian system, but on Aug. 20, it took a quick look at ...

Down To Earth Community Lab: Join your fellow space explorers to ask questions, share out-of-this-world ideas, and forge new ...

“Too much of the world, it seems, has come under human influence during a time when we’re not very good at working out how to ...

A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...

How El Nino and Mega Ocean Warming Caused the Greatest-Ever Mass Extinction Sep. 12, 2024 — Mega ocean warming El Nino events were key in driving the largest extinction of life on planet Earth ...

This magnetic field might have been important for creating the conditions that allowed life to thrive billions of years ago. The Earth's inner core was once liquid, but has turned solid over time.

Analysis of a strange pattern left on the Earth’s surface by a meteor shower has upended our understanding of how the planet appeared 466 million years ago, and how life developed. A group of ...

Scientists Untangle Interactions Between the Earth's Early Life Forms and the Environment Over 500 Million Years July 29, 2024 — The atmosphere, the ocean and life on Earth interacted over the ...

Kenneth Chang, a science reporter at The Times, covers NASA and the solar system, and research closer to Earth. More about Kenneth Chang Never miss an eclipse, a meteor shower, a rocket launch or ...