Feature Stories

The cooling of Earth’s mantle via plate tectonics increased the amount of phosphorus in the planet’s crust, which is vital for biochemistry.

A more favorable climate on the early Earth could have allowed life to form sooner than expected.

There’s life in our stratosphere: understanding it could be key.

The radiation from supernovae that exploded in the vicinity of Earth may have affected the development of life on our planet.

A fleet of spacecraft heading to the small bodies of the Solar System could help further our understanding of the planets.

NASA’s new Chief Scientist, Dr Jim Green, talks to Bruce Banerdt, who is the lead scientist on the latest mission to Mars: InSight.

New test developed to find organic compounds in Martian soils.

NASA’s new Chief Scientist, Dr Jim Green, speaks to Martin Still, who is the Program Manager on the TESS mission, about how its quest to discover nearby exoplanets

Water is the basis for life as we know it, but did life’s building blocks form without it?

Habitable planets may be more likely around warmer M-dwarfs.