One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

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Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has been found to ...

Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...

New findings have revealed that a supernova struck Earth 10 million years ago, and the evidence lies at the bottom of the sea ...

A scientific study claims to have found the date when all life on planet Earth will be wiped out in a massive extinction event ...

A clear look at the discovery of 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, how scientists track them, and the missions working to keep our ...

Cuvier proposed that because each part of an organism is developmentally linked to every other part, changes in one part would result in changes to another. With this theory, he argued that a single ...

It's been 25 years since critics tore apart a sci-fi movie, and it's time to see whether the years have been kind to it.

Earth’s magnetic field just absorbed a hit from a solar storm that slipped past forecasters, a reminder that some of the most ...

The sun isn't always the gentle, life-giving star we see during peaceful sunrises and sunsets. Sometimes it awakens with ...

According to researchers, the composition of a planet or celestial body holds the entire story of its formation and origin.