Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

New research shows that fluctuating environmental conditions helped chemical mixtures self-organize and evolve in structured ...

Our planet’s history is one of extreme climate cycles that repeat across time, with insights into the Earth’s previous ...

"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.

Some cyanobacteria have pigments that specialise in harvesting green light to power their photosynthesis, which may be an evolutionary adaptation to a time when the oceans were iron-rich and green-tin ...