But one of the most radiation-resistant organisms ever discovered doesn't come from anywhere radioactive at all. An archaeon ...

For decades, scientists believed that nearly all oxygen on Earth is produced through photosynthesis — a process driven by sunlight and carried out by plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. According to ...

Did You Know: An unusual yet scientifically accurate fact about one of the world’s most beloved fruits is drawing curiosity: bananas are mildly radioactive. Far from science fiction, this phenomenon ...

A new NASA analysis concludes that it is "reasonable to hypothesize" that living things could have formed the odd organic ...

WASHINGTON - Astronomers have produced the largest and most detailed map ever made of the vast web of cold cosmic gas ...

Marie Curie was a physicist, chemist and pioneer in the study of radiation. She discovered the elements polonium and radium ...

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma have developed new hybrid materials that challenge conventional thinking about how ...

NASA finds carbon molecules in ancient Martian lake, and scientists admit it is difficult to explain them without life.

This study explores a groundbreaking theoretical method to neutralize high-level radioactive waste using lead oxide (PbO) ...

Traditional chemistry textbooks present a tidy picture: Atoms in molecules occupy fixed positions, connected by rigid rods. A molecule such as formic acid (methanoic acid, HCOOH) is imagined as ...

Deep inside a dust-choked galaxy, astronomers have uncovered a chemical environment far more complex than expected.

Dust from asteroid Bennu is revealing a surprising origin story for life’s building blocks. New research suggests some amino acids formed in frozen ice exposed to radiation, not warm liquid water as ...