How can identifying land on exoplanets help scientists better understand whether an exoplanet could harbor life? This is what ...

In a stunning discovery, scientists have found evidence of a massive flood that erupted from beneath Greenland’s ice sheet in ...

UC Irvine created new matter phase where electron-hole pairs spin together in hafnium pentatelluride crystal under 70-tesla fields.

For centuries, lightning has fascinated scientists and laypeople alike. A groundbreaking study from Los Alamos National Laboratory suggests that cosmic-ray showers, high-energy particles originating ...

New research shows cosmic rays can break water underground, releasing energy that may sustain life deep beneath ice, rock, or alien crusts.

Life can thrive in some seriously extreme environments, from the salty to the cold, and now the surprisingly deep, as ...