On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets, some in the so-called habitable zone, Does that mean these planets could ...

The question of how life began has captivated humanity for millennia. Now, a team of scientists are preparing to use NASA's ...

Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets, some in the so-called habitable zone, but does that mean they could host ...

Lichen from the Mojave Desert has stunned scientists by surviving months of lethal UVC radiation, suggesting life could exist on distant planets orbiting volatile stars. The secret? A microscopic ...

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien ...

The search for extraterrestrial life oscillates between hope and skepticism. A recent study reports promising clues about a ...

However, light that leaves our star also contains UVC radiation, which has a shorter wavelength than UVA or UVB light and ...

So far, the only life we know of is right here on planet Earth. But NASA is looking for signs of life in our solar system and on some of the the thousands of planets we've discovered beyond it, on ...

New research says that the search for extraterrestrial life may be too narrow, as life could thrive in conditions far different from Earth's.

A type of lichen was able to survive extreme UV radiation in the lab, suggesting that ozone protection might not be required for life on exoplanets.