Hearty bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

A new Afrikaans children's book sees an alien head to earth, not for world domination but for milk tart. Here's why it's a must-read for kids.

Tardigrades are practically invincible on Earth, so scientists looked to outer space in search of their kryptonite.

An intriguing religious issue is raised by an odd space-age colloquy in mid-February between Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Out of the blue, political podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen asked Obama, “Are ...

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Scientists identify exoplanet candidate HD 137010 b, a possible Earth-size world orbiting a Sun-like star 146 light-years away ...

The web-like features are believed to be sculpted by ancient groundwater, offering new clues about the Red Planet's watery ...

Gypsum is a soft, translucent sulfate mineral that allows just enough light to penetrate for photosynthetic organisms to survive inside, while also protecting them from being desiccated or exposed to ...

America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in. In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover came across a peculiar rocky outcrop on Mars covered in strange spots. On Earth, these ...

Can NASA and Elon Musk get us to Mars and beyond?