The Cassiopeia A supernova remnant reveals that massive exploding stars can forge far more of life's essential ingredients ...

Hydrothermal systems at mid-ocean ridges (MOR) transfer heat, metals, and carbon from Earth’s interior to the deep ocean, influencing pathways of chemical eleme ...

THOUGH its classrooms are still exposed to the elements six weeks after the passage of Hurricane Melissa, the spirit of gratitude is still high on the compound of the roofless Burnt Savannah Early ...

Asteroid Bennu, a dark rubble pile roughly the height of the Empire State Building, has turned out to be a chemical treasure ...

The UC Davis‑led ARPA‑E project hopes to demonstrate selective, low‑pH recovery and onsite concentration of critical rare ...

The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside ...

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules ...

Earth's atmosphere might have contributed to the origin of life more than previously thought.In a study published Dec. 1 in the Proceedings of the ...

While daydreaming on a bus, and then while dozing by the fireside, Auguste Kekulé realized that carbon atoms can combine into ...

What's that matter in you?' It's more than just a play on words—it's a scientific reality that connects us with dinosaurs, ...