Not everyone can be an astronaut, but you can still be an important part of NASA"s space exploration ...

Subduction zones can look permanent on a map. They run for hundreds or thousands of miles, haul oceanic crust into the mantle ...

For the first time, scientists have watched a subduction zone literally fall apart beneath the ocean floor. Using advanced ...

A molecule so small it could fit on a Post-it note of genetic code has just pulled off something scientists have chased for ...

New experiments suggest that freezing and thawing on early Earth may have helped primitive cell-like structures grow and ...

Unusual patches of black Amazonian soil rich in nutrients known as "dark earth," which rapidly accelerates plant growth, ...

Australia will fly its first zero-gravity scientific research team on a large crewed parabolic flight in October this year, ...

The farthest spacecraft from Earth has shut down another instrument in the hopes of buying time for an upgrade that could ...

The Curiosity rover conducted a first-of-its kind experiment on Mars, detecting organic molecules that have never been ...

Mars has offered scientists many hints before. Curiosity has found evidence of ancient lakes, streams and mudstones. It has ...

Japan plans to conduct an experiment to transmit electricity generated with solar panels in space to Earth using microwaves, ...