Some cyanobacteria have pigments that specialise in harvesting green light to power photosynthesis, which may be because they ...

Hundreds of different species of microbes live in your gut. In the future, one of these might serve a new function: ...

In the shallow sediment layers (0–20 cm) from each station, Actinobacteria and Acidobacteria were the second and third most dominant communities, accounting for 5.8–27.6 and 6.5–9.4% of all bacteria ...

Eilish and Green Day belted out a 16-year-old classic song by the band that remains relevant to this day. The night kicked off with a haunting rendition of Last Night on Earth, a song from 2009's ...

But much of this research has not considered the byproducts that are generated when bacteria break down forever chemicals. A new study has accounted for these byproducts, however, and has found ...

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A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

The climate on such a world must be beyond bizarre. A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away. The planet, known as HD ...

A newly discovered asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in December of 2032. The asteroid is estimated to be 196 feet (60 meters) wide, and it is currently 27 ...

Astronomers have just uncovered an intriguing planet not far from us in cosmic terms. It’s a super-Earth, orbiting a star similar to our Sun, and it might have the conditions necessary to support life ...

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Alien: Earth is coming up this summer, and we know it's going to be a scary ride. The first-ever TV show in the sci-fi franchise is set to channel the horror vibes of Ridley Scott's Alien as the ...