A new meta-analysis of decades of research suggests that Earth's earliest proteins could fold into complex, functional shapes despite having access to only about half of today’s amino acids. Conducted ...
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has completed its originally planned five-year mission and mapped more than 47 million galaxies and quasars, and will continue observations into 2028 ...
Scientists have mapped how Earth’s deepest mantle is being deformed—and the results point to long-lost tectonic plates buried ...
Geoengineering could protect the Amazon rainforest from climate change, new research shows. Stratospheric aerosol injection ...
Rather than slowly condensing over millions of years, the first building blocks of Earth and other planets may have formed ...
Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” Last month, climate scientist and author Kate Marvel resigned from ...
On Wednesday, we celebrate another Earth Day. If you follow me, my subject matter routinely anchors to Earth-related matters, ...
New research suggests that the origins of life may be tied not only to deep-sea hydrothermal vents but also to environments ...
With 15,000 satellites crowding the sky and hundreds of thousands more planned, we may soon have a cataclysmic mess overhead.
UNL doctoral student Kierstin Blomberg was selected for the 2026 AMS Science Policy Colloquium, linking her atmospheric ...
Mark Clementz, a professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Geology and Geophysics, and colleagues have produced a ...
A recent study has revealed that light pollution has increased by 16% worldwide between 2014 and 2022. However, the changes are not uniform, with some regions experiencing significant brightening ...