Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light ...

Humans have become a geologic force by cooking the planet — using fire on a scale that is altering land, water, air and ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

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

Two new papers describe hints to a brine-filled environment on the 4.5-billion-year-old space rock and the presence of amino ...

The northern plains of Mars, marked by thousands of mounds and hills, hold significant evidence of the planet's watery past.

A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj ...

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC’s natural history chief is swapping commissioning for program-making by taking up a newly-created role at ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

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