A doctoral student re-created a tiny piece of the universe in a bottle to investigate the chemistry that led to life on Earth.

Life on Earth may have started with a molecule that still runs our cells today. As researchers probe ribonucleic acid in the lab and in ancient rocks and space dust, RNA is yielding clues that are far ...

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For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research that is transforming life on Earth and shaping the future of exploration.

A mysterious metal shard captured the imagination of the American public, because it was supposedly from a 1947 UFO that crashed on Earth. The sample seemed to have an unprecedented material structure ...

Rocket Lab has won an $816 million contract — its largest to date — with the U.S. Space Development Agency as the company continues to diversify beyond its “rocket company” label. The company said ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, moving to dissolve a research lab that a top White House official described as "one ...

A Rocket Lab booster cam captured video from separation to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The footage has been time-lapsed. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: Rocket Lab | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

Rocket Lab Corporation (NASDAQ: RKLB) stock rose Wednesday after the company advanced a South Korean Earth-imaging mission into its next available launch window. The move comes as broader investor ...

Earth's climate has swung between ice ages and warmer periods for millions of years, driven by subtle changes in our planet's orbit and axial tilt. These variations, known as Milankovitch cycles, ...

A mosaic image of asteroid Bennu composed of images collected by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona. The question of how life ...

What can the close flyby of the asteroid 99942 Adophis to Earth in 2029 teach scientists about the interiors of asteroids and other planetary bodies? This is what a recent study published in The ...