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Mars, today a cold, irradiated, and dry world, once had a much warmer and wetter environment. The planet was covered by lakes ...

A new microscope just arrived at the International Space Station to help study life's adaptability under extreme conditions ...

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben Titan may seem like a prime candidate for alien life with its organic-rich surface and deep subsurface ocean, but new research suggests any life there ...

The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, previously known as the Department of Health and Environmental ...

The surface of Mars is extremely cold, irradiated, and desiccated. But at one time, the planet was much warmer and wetter, ...

Microbes - alive and thriving -- have been found sealed within a fracture of 2-billion-year-old rock beneath Earth's surface.

Approximately 400m tonnes of plastics are produced each year, with 40% designated for single-use such as straws, according to ...

Scientists are one step closer to understanding bioluminescent seas thanks to a new database spanning centuries.

Explore the phenomenon of glowing ocean events known as milky seas, created by bioluminescent bacteria visible from space.

The discharge of an estimated 67,500 gallons of stormwater and sewage was discovered Saturday morning during a Deal Lake Commission cleanup.