Manganese dioxide can convert amino acids into hydrogen cyanide (HCN) without requiring methane, a finding that solves a long ...

May’s sky features not one but two full moons as well as the dazzling Eta Aquarids meteor shower. Here’s when to look up for ...

Toxic runoff from rare earth mines in Myanmar is contaminating rivers that flow into Thailand, threatening the Mekong River ...

Sunscreen chemicals like oxybenzone and octinoxate can harm coral reefs, marine life and waterways. There are safer sunscreen ...

Curiosity has detected a surprising variety of organic molecules on Mars, including compounds tied to the chemistry of life.

A magma that would freeze solid on Earth can keep flowing on Mercury, and sulfur is the reason. New laboratory experiments ...

Mercury is a small, rocky planet about which researchers know relatively little. Two missions, taking readings as they passed ...

Sulfur on Mercury was as important to the planet's formation as oxygen was to Earth's evolution, the study suggests. Reading time 3 minutes When studying Venus and Mars, Earth’s neighbors in the inner ...

Mercury pollution doesn’t stay put. Once it’s released into the atmosphere, especially from coal burning, it can ride winds across continents, fall with rain into the sea, and then quietly work its ...

Only a quarter of Americans know when Earth Day is, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 American adults, conducted by Talker Research on behalf of Avocado Green Mattress, found that without ...

It was a busy day on the far side of the moon. The four crew members of Artemis II set a distance record for humanity on Monday, April 6 as they flew beyond the lunar surface while over 250,000 miles ...