Two of Earth’s five confirmed mass extinction events could have been caused by nearby supernova explosions stripping the ...

Earth is our home planet, and it's the only place in the ... Marilyn Perkins is the content manager at Live Science. She is a science writer and illustrator based in Los Angeles, California.

Astronomers have made an exciting breakthrough by discovering four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our closest ...

which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was shaped. The team found ... Mar. 5, 2025 — Whether it's rivers cutting through earth ...

In short, asteroid 2024 YR4 went from breaking records for known threatening asteroids to being a near-zero threat. At some ...

Barnard’s Star has fascinated astronomers for decades. At just six light-years away, it is the second-closest single star to ...

For the first time, scientists have been able to map the atmosphere of WASP-121b in 3D and what they found sounds like ...

About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...

A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy. Using ...

Namely, a group of primitive amphibians called the temnospondyls. They may have survived the Great Dying by feeding on some ...