Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has unearthed the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars—possible fragments of fatty ...

Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species ...

The molecules may be remnants of fatty acids, which form cell membranes in Earth’s organisms, though they might have formed ...

While the presence of these molecules is not proof of ancient life on Mars, scientists say it shows we could detect chemical ...

Scientists analyzed a sample, which likely contained fatty acids, that transformed into alkanes during the heating process ...

Why Trust Us? All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA. A study suggests that this organism likely lived on Earth only 400 million years after its formation.

Earth's largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of South Georgia Island, a common rendezvous spot for large icebergs, new satellite images show. Measuring 1,240 square miles (3,460 square ...

At least 91 drones downed around Moscow, 343 overall in Russia Three killed by debris at meat warehouse, 17 others injured Largest Ukrainian drone attack on Russian capital Ukraine: drones hit oil ...

A blonde whippet from Italy with soulful eyes and tiger-like markings won the overall prize at Crufts, the world’s biggest dog show, on Sunday. Miuccia, who is 4 years old, became the first ...

Earth’s climate and volcanic activity have long been influenced by both internal forces, like mantle heat and gas emissions, and external ones, particularly changes in Earth’s orbit around the Sun.

A replica fossil of the titanosaur _Patagotitan_, one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered. It would have weighed about 70 tons (63.5 metric tons.) Spencer Platt/Getty Images News via Getty Images ...