A recent photo from NASA's Curiosity rover gives an idea of what Mars would look like under skies that resemble our own on Earth. Take a look.

Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago are providing a deeper understanding of the emergence of Homo sapiens.

Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead ...

Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic ...

The Baltimore Sun considered a few outstanding scenarios that raise the question: can humanity survive long enough to figure out an escape plan for the death of our star? Will the human race be ...

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

Musk is ‘too optimistic’, with years of comparative testing required before robots can work on humans, an expert says ...

NASA is on the verge of sending astronauts back toward the Moon for the first time in more than half a century, and that ...

This development highlights the human challenges of space habitation at 400 km altitude, where every decision balances ...

Ancient DNA reveals that childhood viruses lived with humans for thousands of years, reshaping how we understand human and ...