Investigating ancient cyanobacterial timekeeping systems sheds light on the evolution of circadian rhythms and their ...

It’s also generated unlike other electric fields on Earth. This newly discovered aspect of our planet provides clues about ...

A supercomputer simulation predicts that life on Earth will end in 1 billion years due to the depletion of oxygen caused by ...

While Earth's slowdown is not noticeable on human timescales, it's enough to work significant changes over eons. One of those ...

But how did the evolution of life proceed through the ... At that time, the atmosphere of the Earth changed dramatically. A group of bacteria called the cyanobacteria invented a trick that would ...

Earth's oceans could one day turn purple. Nearly three fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese researchers have made a compelling ...

Warmer climates than Earth’s could accelerate life’s development, potentially increasing the number of planets with more ...

The first bits of data have come back from the trio of small satellites that make up NASA's EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission, which aims to solve some mysteries surrounding the ...

Aisling O'Hare, who led the study, told Newsweek she's "excited" about what the science world can learn from the data.

The coelacanth's evolution was likely driven in part ... effective way to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in early Earth's atmosphere from the levels found on Venus to the more moderate ...