The author of the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club on the science that lies behind his novel Alien Clay, set on a prison planet where the biology is very different to that on Earth ...

The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 ...

Nasa said that the findings do not show evidence for life itself, but they do suggest the conditions necessary for the emergence of life were widespread across the early solar system.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...

The study, published by IMPACT-se, also showed that antisemitic and anti-Israel discourse is still the main tone present in ...

Studies of asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have revealed molecules that, on our planet, are key to life.

What species will become the next rulers of Earth when humans are no longer dominant? Which creatures might inherit the throne?

In this video frame, Jason Dworkin holds up a vial that contains part of the sample from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by ...

Dengue Boy,’ a book about a humanoid mosquito taking his revenge in the dying years of planet Earth, is unsettling and essential.

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep ...