Perseverance rover data shows Jezero Crater once held a calm lake, leaving behind mudstones rich in organic-linked minerals.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope are unraveling the mysteries of TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 ...

Chemical fossils from 635-million-year-old rocks suggest sponges were among Earth’s first animals, reshaping the story of early life.

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...

Researchers at UMass Amherst have discovered a new mineral on Mars, providing insights into the planet’s potential for life.

Professor Martin McCoustra from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, who took part in the study published in the Astronomy ...

Living simply may support psychological wellbeing, according to new research. The study finds that people who engage in ...

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of ...

How did this life survive? New research out of the University of Texas in Austin is revealing how an atmosphere may have ...

Have you ever thought about how we would know if other planets have life on them? How could we tell that life existed on a planet from afar, without actually landing on it? Well, 30 years ago, an ...

Unlocking the basic science of microbes, especially those that live in extreme environments, could help us find life elsewhere in the universe.