A new chemotaxis-based method could revolutionize the search for extraterrestrial life by detecting microbes movement on Mars ...

A mysterious radio signal from a distant planet has sparked excitement among astronomers, hinting at the tantalizing ...

NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

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Scientists studying Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus, have discovered that its ocean forms layers that slow the upward movement ...

In February 1995, a small research organization known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most comprehensive ...

During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But ...

A new study suggests that the explosive deaths of the universe's earliest stars created surprising quantities of water that ...

THE search for alien life across our Solar System and beyond has so far kicked up nothing intelligent – let alone microbial.

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

Finding life in outer space is one of the great endeavors of humankind. One approach is to find motile microorganisms that ...