Sand grains or microbes? In this case, it's a cluster of E. coli bacteria. But it can be hard to tell, so we'll need discerning new instruments. Alberto Fairén and his colleagues from the Centro de ...

In an interesting bit of music-meets-horror news, fans of progressive rock/metal band Tool will be delighted to hear that there is more evidence that the group will be releasing new music this year, ...

The Moon could be used as a tool for finding life, specifically because it is tidally locked to Earth. Placing a radio telescope on the far side of the Moon could make it much easier to detect signals ...

In space, as the famous Alien tagline goes, no one can hear you scream. So that's where the music comes in. Jeff Russo: I saw the second movie in theaters, but I was far too young to see the first ...