Understanding where and in what quantities essential elements for life have existed on Earth's surface helps explain the ...

Scientists have discovered phosphorus on Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn, NASA said Wednesday. The element, which is essential to planetary habitability, had never before been detected ...

Phosphorus, element No. 15 on the periodic table, was first isolated by Henning Brandt in Hamburg in 1669. An alchemist unsuccessfully groping his way toward creating gold, ...

For the first time, phosphorus — the rarest of six elements upon which life as we know it depends — has been found in a tiny ocean-bearing moon in our solar system.

Scientists at Clemson University have joined a national research effort focused on developing solutions that will make the use of phosphorus — a finite element essential to food production — ...

And to top it all off, our phosphorus reserves in the US are on track to disappear in just a few decades. Joining me now to give us a fuller picture about this often overlooked element is my guest Dan ...

Phosphorus, element No. 15 on the periodic table, was first isolated by Henning Brandt in Hamburg in 1669. An alchemist unsuccessfully groping his way toward creating gold, ...

The ocean inside Saturn's moon Enceladus may be enriched with phosphorus, an important element for life as we know it, new research reveals. Phosphorus is a vital component of life's biochemistry.

The exceedingly rare element is one of six that are absolutely essential to life. (The others are carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and sulfur, which are more plentiful than phosphorus).

The U.S. military uses the munition for smoke screens and to light up battlefields. Rights advocates object to its use near civilians because the chemical burns human skin.