Potato-sized lumps of metal on the seafloor are generating oxygen, a new study has found. Scientists previously believed that oxygen was strictly formed as a byproduct of photosynthesizing plants.

A bizarre new discovery in the deep Pacific Ocean has scientists scratching their heads, and for good reason. Far beneath the ocean’s surface, in a region where sunlight never reaches, oxygen is being ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Breathable oxygen has been created from Moon dust in a world first that paves the way for a lunar base. Blue Origin, a company ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. Sampling the seabed of a mountainous ridge 13,000 feet below the ...

Although Mars is essentially humanity’s only option for a “Planet B” in this lifetime, it’s still quite a fixer-upper. One key breakthrough necessary for making the Red Planet reasonably hospitable, ...

The Perseverance rover, currently exploring Mars, isn't just performing scientific analyses and collecting samples. It also carries a small machine on board that could change the future of Mars ...