There is another way forward. A circular economy for space applies the same principles that aims to transform modern waste policy on Earth. This means designing products to last and keep them in ...
Around 2.3 billion years ago, the Great Oxygenation Event (GOE) marked a major turning point in Earth’s history. The increase ...
Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.
Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.
Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.
Life needs nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus. But without the right balance of oxygen, these elements get locked away in planets’ cores.
Mars might have its own defense mechanism against life from Earth, in a kind of reverse of "The War of the Worlds" scenario ...
The Princeton-led NASA mission has officially begun its science mission to study the sun and everything it touches. Princeton marked the occasion with a panel discussion, science talks and a reception ...
Stanford researchers have combined two microscopy techniques to create a one-of-a-kind instrument that can show cell ...
The end-Permian extinction 252 million years ago wiped out over 80 per cent of marine species, but many ecosystems still had ...
In a unique class hosted at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, early-career ecologists learned to apply emerging ...
Natalia Soares Quinete leads efforts to monitor the presence of PFAS across South Florida and pinpoint potential sources of pollution.