A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

The Mars Perseverance rover has been investigating the Jezero Crater and came across something that is not native to Mars at all. It is a meteorite that collided with the red planet. Though various ...

ESA's Gaia mission has discovered the closest and 2nd closest black holes to Earth found yet. In this animation, travel to latter, black hole Gaia BH2, and see what makes it unique. Credit: ...

Running out of space on your phone? Don't upgrade your cloud-storage subscription just yet. Scientists in China have discovered that images, text files and other digital data can be stored in strands ...

Ana Walshe’s remains have never been found. But a clue as to what may have happened to the 39-year-old woman came in the form of DNA samples pulled from items found in a Swampscott dumpster — ...

An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals capable of detecting and responding to physical tension in DNA. This ...

Sugars essential for life were found for the first time alongside “space gum” on an asteroid hurtling towards Earth, indicating that our universe could be teeming with life, according to new research.

It's a major discovery of the 21st century: knowing the structure of DNA has revolutionized our knowledge of life, medicine and science as a whole. In this TED Talk, Nobel Laureate James Watson ...

The DNA that helped link a former Pasco police officer to a 1986 murder may become the reason he gets a new trial. Appellate court Judges Robert Lawrence-Berrey, Tracy A. Staab and Megan Murphy ...