New research conducted on a NASA-discovered bacterium shows the microbe is capable of entering an extreme dormant state, ...

Scientists have found mysterious space-gum vital to creating life in an asteroid sample. Sugars essential for biology have ...

In a new paper published in the journal ChemSystemsChem, Hiroshima University’s Professor Tony Jia and colleagues outline the ...

"A three-body problem is extremely complicated. Now we're dealing with four: the sun, Earth, the moon and Mars. The heavy ...

A groundbreaking study published in ChemSystemsChem proposes that the origins of life on Earth might not stem from ...

Near-surface water ice could supply essential resources for future human exploration on the Red Planet. Before sending people ...

Scientists mapped ancient Martian rivers and drainage basins, revealing past water flows and habitable environments of Mars’s climate and geological history.

Earth’s atmosphere might have contributed to the origin of life more than previously thought. In a study published Dec. 1 in ...

Analysis of early direct images from James Webb telescope show immense dust clouds on brown dwarf that lead to a blurring of ...

A new study reveals how shifting ice shells on icy moons can cause dramatic pressure changes, sometimes enough to boil their hidden oceans. The outer planets of our Solar System are accompanied by ...

How did life begin? An international team of researchers from Japan, Malaysia, the UK, and Germany suggest that the answer may lie in sticky ...

Eight "skylights" may be entrances to underground spaces where evidence of ancient microbial organisms could be found.