Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

Democratic members of Maryland’s congressional delegation are raising concerns over a reported Legionella outbreak at the ...

While aliens in science fiction hop between planets on vast spaceships, scientists say real-life extraterrestrials might take ...

The Jack Reacher star isn’t going to become the next Schwarzenegger if he stars in generic junk like this.

Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Red dwarfs make up the vast majority of stars in the galaxy. Such ubiquity means they host the majority of rocky exoplanets we’ve found so far – which in turn makes them interesting for ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

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Around 1.7 billion years ago, eukaryotes—the building blocks of complex life—first appeared on Earth, and now scientists have ...