“These microbes, if we found them, would be anaerobic,” Schwieterman explains in the release, meaning the microscopic organisms don’t require oxygen to grow. “They’d be adapted to a very different ...

Why do some elements decay in minutes, while others last billions of years? Certain "magic numbers" of nuclear particles may ...

The iron-rich core at the centre of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth’s evolution. The core not only powers the ...

Using uranium-lead dating, researchers calculated the age of the eggs, rather than the sediments around them, at the ...

After years of searching worldwide, paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara found the extinction layer—and thousands of fossils—just ...

Researchers at Michigan State University have figured out how to use a fast laser to wiggle atoms in a way that temporarily ...

A biosignature is any characteristic, element, molecule, substance or feature that serves as evidence for past or present life. It must be something that cannot be produced without life. Some examples ...

All species in the series draw inspiration from real living organisms and processes seen on Earth, but crank it up to the ...