In order to understand the massive changes afoot in the warming polar regions, oceanographer Allison Fong is hunting for the ...

In a new series from National Geographic, the actor travels the world—and rethinks what it means to pursue a life well lived.

The Amazon rainforest is often called the “lungs of the Earth” and credited with producing some 20 percent of the world’s ...

Using lunar ice to make rocket fuel could help future lunar settlements sustain themselves and provide a launch pad for astronauts to reach Mars.

The origin of life is surely one of the most important questions in biology. How did inanimate molecules give rise to the ...

Can the cruise industry hit its carbon-neutral targets? A new generation of ultra-low emission vessels may hold the answer.

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo missions—and they’re shaking up the search for life beyond Earth. The OSIRIS-REx ...

January doesn’t skimp on cosmic sightseeing. The month begins with a vibrant supermoon, continues with the year’s best Jupiter view, and ends with multiple moon-planet conjunctions. Aurora activity ...

From the South Pole to the North Pole, Will Smith Joins Seven Extraordinary Expeditions To Discover the Secrets of Earth’s ...

After embarking on a globe-trotting adventure across the seven continents to seek out the most remote stories out there from ...

The first emergency operation in the history of China's human spaceflight program ended on Jan. 19 when an uncrewed Shenzhou ...