Two billion years before we made history and split the atom, the Earth had already accomplished it and was running its own ...

Japanese scientists have discovered a process by which RNA could have readily formed from a prebiotic environment on ancient ...

Researchers find that Earth’s orbital rhythms influenced sediment and organic preservation in Jurassic shale deposits.

In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test of time. What's more, it's hard for any ...

Growing up in a remote area of Peru, chemical biologist and National Geographic Explorer Rosa Vásquez Espinoza relied on water as a mode of transportation. She and her family traversed the Amazon ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: It used to be thought that there were more volatiles than expected in lunar soil because they escaped Earth before it had a stable magnetic field.

Sponges are among Earth's most ancient animals, but exactly when they evolved has long puzzled scientists. Genetic ...

Shielded from development and agriculture, many archaeological sites from ancient Greece have now become inadvertent safe ...

A city being home to a wealth of attractions means little if it takes an hour just to get from one to the next. This European ...

More than a billion years ago, a shallow basin in what is now northern Ontario held a subtropical lake. The setting likely ...

Archaeologists thought they found wires buried on a farm. It was actually Viking treasure. You've Probably Never Seen These ...

JWST observations of the ultra-hot super-Earth exoplanet TOI-561 b provide the strongest evidence to date for an atmosphere ...