A fossil from Antarctica unveils the oldest-known modern bird, Vegavis iaai, dating back 69 million years. In Chile, ...

NASA's Perseverance rover collects Martian soil samples from Jezero Crater, revealing potential signs of past life on Mars.

Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth. An ambitious, multinational research project has demonstrated that Earth's biodiversity can be monitored and ...

Scientists used aircraft and satellites to track biodiversity, helping improve conservation and space research.

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...

Astrobiologists in Germany are developing a new testing device that could help tease dormant alien microbes into revealing ...

Nurturing Environmental Stewardship Wangari Maathai, who captured the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, was deeply connected to Kenya's ...

I don’t know if our life has a purpose and I don’t see that it matters. What does matter is that we’re a part.” While most of us go about our days, immersed in the minutia our lives, we remain very ...

From his backyard in Arizona, astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has captured stunning photos of the celestial objects high ...

SpaceX was set to send up the 13th launch from the Space Coast this year on Friday afternoon, but has retargeted efforts to Saturday. A Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 12-9 mission carrying 21 ...

Alan Hollinghurst has a well-earned reputation as one of the great stylistic writers of our time. If this praise sounds overly exuberant, consider the beguiling opening paragraph from a prior novel, ...