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 ...

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 ...

A walk in the desert and a curious discovery could have revealed that the secrets of alien life grow in the harshest ...

A warm afternoon on ancient Mars lasted about as long as a Silicon Valley internship. That is the sobering conclusion of a ...

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.

The UK’s VERVE mission to hunt for microbial life in Venus’s clouds could redefine the search for extraterrestrial life.

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI ...

The strength of Earth’s magnetic field and the amount of oxygen in its atmosphere seem to be correlated—and scientists want to know why ...

Can desert lichen survive extreme UV radiation? Study shows it might hold clues to how life could exist on distant, high-radiation planets.

The question of whether Earth is alone in harboring life has captivated humanity for millennia. In recent years, scientists have turned to Earth-like ...

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