"We think the ways tardigrades have evolved to withstand extreme environments on this planet may also be what protects them ...

Recent research on a newly discovered tardigrade species, H. henanensis, has shed light on the secrets behind incredible ...

This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first emerged.

Gamma radiation can convert methane into a wide variety of products at room temperature, including hydrocarbons, oxygen-containing molecules, and amino acids, according to a new article published in ...

Three processes contribute to radiation tolerance. (Li et al., Science, 2024) While some of these tricks were ... continues ...

Gamma rays around this energy level are known to zip around the cosmos, but scientists thought they mostly originated in ...

Scientists are now claiming that primordial black holes may be heating up and exploding throughout the universe. Detection of ...

At 9:52 a.m. EST, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully docked to the forward port of the International Space Station's ...

Between 635 to 541 million years ago, during the Ediacaran Period, Earth witnessed a remarkable emergence of early life.

A National Academies report suggests the failure of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico may have been exacerbated by the radio telescope's powerful electromagnetic radiation.

Among the life science specimens are methane-generating archaea, radiation-resistant microbes, and microorganisms that inhabit rocks. These samples will undergo extensive analysis, including ...

"Killer electrons" stashed in radiation belts around Earth could be dislodged by lightning to create a game of "cosmic pinball" that influences space weather around our planet. Lightning strikes ...