The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity — or not.

Scientists are rethinking how to detect alien life by focusing on planets vastly different from Earth. Instead of searching ...

Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...

Scientists discovered that methyl halides, a gas produced by microbes, could be a biosignature for life on distant planets.

A paper published in 2023 spurred discussion about whether life exists on an exoplanet named K2-18b. Two years later, the ...

Scientists have identified a promising new way to detect life on faraway planets, hinging on worlds that look nothing like ...

NASA launched a new telescope into space this week to study the origins of the universe and search for hidden water in the ...

NASA, alongside SpaceX, is making strides with a crucial crew-swap mission to the International Space Station, marking a ...

Spherex (the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) will survey ...

These gases — composed of carbon, hydrogen, and a halogen, like chlorine — are mostly made by bacteria, algae, fungi, and ...

Weather has delayed NASA’s launch of the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the PUNCH mission to study the sun’s mysteries.

NASA’s upcoming SPHEREx mission is on a quest to track down cosmic reservoirs of frozen water and life-essential molecules in ...