The building blocks of life on Earth may have been fueled by tiny sparks hopping between water droplets. Four billion years ago, Earth was a lifeless world, but a dynamic one. Crashing waves ...

The first molecules necessary for life on Earth could have been created when tiny flickers of “microlightning” between drops of water sparked the necessary chemical reactions. “This is a new ...

"Alarming" levels of microplastic have been found in major rivers across Europe according to scientists in 14 studies ...

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth after a prolonged nine-month mission aboard the ISS due to technical issues. Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, two NASA ...

NIAMEY, March 20 (Reuters) - Niger expelled three Chinese oil executives in a dispute over disparities between the salaries of expatriate staff and lower-paid local workers, Oil Minister Sahabi ...

NIAMEY, March 30 (Reuters) - Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in Wednesday as the country’s president for a transition period of five years under a new charter that replaces ...

DOING TONIGHT. AND SPLASHDOWN CREW NINE BACK ON EARTH. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT. CREW NINE IS BACK ON EARTH TONIGHT. THE FOUR ASTRONAUTS SPLASHED DOWN JUST BEFORE 6:00 THIS EVENING. AND FOR BUTCH ...

Abdourahmane Tchiani, pictured, in Niamey, Niger, July 30, 2023. NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in Wednesday as the country’s president for a ...

Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on Earth after nearly nine months in space and readjusting to life with gravity. Down to their DNA, astronauts’ bodies can change ...

In fact, the astronauts—who returned to Earth March 18 after an extended nine-month stay at the International Space Station—didn’t physically step off SpaceX Dragon capsule upon touchdown in ...