A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided with a shift in Earth's magnetic field that let more ...

Many of the planets are bigger and hotter than Earth — up to 2.6 times larger than our planet and reaching atmospheric temperatures up to nearly 200 degrees Celsius, or 392 degrees Fahrenheit.

The creatures cruised the world’s oceans with features we often associate with marine mammals, such as coats of blubber and ...

Combining Subnautica, Ark, and Outer Wilds, new prehistoric fantasy survival game Astrobotanica has already eclipsed its Kickstarter goal.

An ant preserved in 16 million-year-old amber mastered the art of camouflage. A rare 16 million-year-old ant preserved in amber is helping scientists uncover new secrets about one of nature's most ...

The building blocks for life are thought have been brought to Earth by asteroids that bombarded our planet long ago. But the amino acids that form proteins, the ring-shaped molecules that make up ...

A team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge has detected the chemical fingerprints of possible signs of life on a planet outside the solar system. Using data from… ...

At best, it’s a detection of a potential “plankton planet.” An exoplanet about 2.6 times the size of Earth, K2-18b, orbits a red dwarf star in the so-called habitable zone — where liquid ...

Astronomers believe they’ve discovered a "Tatooine"-like planet orbiting two stars in a galaxy far, far away. The planet is orbiting two brown dwarfs, which are also known as failed stars.

2:25 Scientists discover strongest evidence yet of life on distant planet Astronomers claim to have discovered the strongest signs yet of possible life on a planet 700 trillion miles away from Earth.

In the meantime, here's what to know about K2-18b and whether the planet could actually contain life. The planet known as K2-18b is a super Earth exoplanet that is about 124 light years away from ...

K2-18b is a whopping 8.6 times bigger than Earth. The planet’s large size – with a radius 2.6 times that of Earth – means that the planet’s interior likely contains a large mantle of high ...