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James Webb telescope sees potential signs of alien life in the atmosphere of a distant 'Goldilocks' water worldNASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected potential traces of dimethyl sulfide, a chemical only known to be created by phytoplankton on Earth, in the atmosphere of an exoplanet believed to have its own liquid ocean.
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Watch the world choke on CO2 in eerie NASA videos of manmade emissionsThe animations highlight emissions from different human and natural sources, with the main contribution coming from the burning of fossil fuels.
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Earth's thermosphere reaches highest temperature in 20 years after being bombarded by solar stormsThe atmospheric temperature spike, which was caused by geomagnetic storms triggered by the sun, suggests the "solar maximum" is fast approaching.
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Venus has thousands more volcanoes than we thought, and they might be activeResearchers have mapped out at least 85,000 volcanoes on Venus' surface, and recent findings suggest that some of them are likely active.
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Global CO2 emissions are cooking the planet and 'show no sign of decreasing,' report warnsStaving off the worst impacts of climate change means preventing global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. But CO2 emissions are so high that we are slated to cross that line within a decade.
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Unlike Diamonds, Most Minerals Not ForeverDiamonds may be forever, but that's not true of most minerals.
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Beetles Decimate Canadian ForestsHordes of mountain pine beetles are decimating British Columbian forests.
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Trees Flirt with Death During Dry PeriodsTree growth in temperate forests is driven by availability of water and not by temperature as previously thought.
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Amazon River 'Breathes' Carbon Dioxide from Rain ForestRiver bacteria can break down plant-based carbon, exhaling it as carbon dioxide.
