Although astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets, the number of confirmed exomoons—and exorings—is still zero. But ...

Tiny insects trapped in amber could tell us a great deal about their roles in past ecosystems: pollinators, parasites, predators, and prey. But how many of the insects preserved alongside each other ...

Gypsum is a soft, translucent sulfate mineral that allows just enough light to penetrate for photosynthetic organisms to survive inside, while also protecting them from being desiccated or exposed to ...

FBI agents and hazardous materials teams descended on a gated residential community in Irvine on Wednesday night, performing ...

Scientists at MIT have found compelling chemical evidence that Earth’s earliest animals were likely ancient sea sponges.

Scientists in Brazil have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown impact event recorded in hundreds of glassy fragments ...

If you've been following exoplanet research over the last couple of years, you've definitely heard of K2-18b. Located 124 ...

Questions about what the federal government may know about extraterrestrial life in the cosmos — or possibly even here on ...