Dark matter seems invisible, but it makes up most matter, and we have evidence that it gives the cosmos its shape. Now ...

Levels of molybdenum in soil show that hydrogen sulfide gas wiped out nearly half of all marine life 530 million years ago.

Our planet is unique for its ability to sustain abundant life. From studies of the rock record, scientists believe life had already emerged on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago and probably much ...

The chemical foundations of life could be found in the frigid pockets of molecular clouds that exist in the space between ...

Earth’s atmosphere is slowly leaking into space, and new research shows some of it reaches the Moon, where it may be ...

Catalysts are the invisible engines of hydrogen energy, governing both hydrogen production and electricity generation.

A new set of simple equations can fast-track the search for metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a Nobel-Prize-winning class of ...

Chemists at UCLA are showing that some of organic chemistry’s most famous “rules” aren’t as unbreakable as once thought. By creating bizarre, cage-shaped molecules with warped double bonds—structures ...

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE — United Launch Alliance, or ULA, made history as it launched its new Vulcan rocket for the first time, sending its two payloads to the moon. ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket ...