Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak with two people – a planetary scientist who studies the geology of the Moon, and a space lawyer who studies space policy and geopolitics – about ...

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

A new theory suggests windows of opportunity, not a series of improbable events may have helped humans gain a foothold in the ...

The far side of the Moon has its own versions of the Grand Canyon—two of them, in fact! A new study explains how these deep ...

China has begun recruiting for a planetary defense force after risk assessments determined that an asteroid could conceivably ...

In a nutshell New research challenges the long-held belief that human evolution required improbable “lucky breaks,” ...

Researchers believe they have rediscovered a mysterious star system first spotted in 2011. If true, the alien sun and its ...

Recent technological advances have opened new possibilities for the development of robotic systems, including spacecraft for ...

Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts notes while counterintuitive, the odds of impact go up before they drop to zero.

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...