We may be starting to get a grasp on what kick-started life on Earth – and it could help us search for it on other planets ...

Their mission, originally planned for just eight days, was extended due to technical issues with Boeing’s Starliner, forcing the duo to remain in orbit for over nine months.

Some scientists have now branded the “Great Dying” as a “crisis on land, not an extinction” after new fossil discoveries led ...

NASA's stuck astronauts are heading home now that a replacement crew has arrived at the International Space Station.

A region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium - or “life oasis”- for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian ...

The world has been rocked by the death of Gene Hackman, whose body was found with that of his 65-year-old wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa. At such a critical moment in US history, we need ...