In a series of experiments at Johns Hopkins University, Lily Zhao fired tiny samples of a microorganism with a room-sized gas ...

"Extremophile" bacteria could survive asteroid impacts that are strong enough to launch them into space, suggesting that life could travel between planetary bodies.

New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder ...

After looking at the rate of decay of amino acids under cosmic radiation, NASA discovered that ice can protect biosignatures for up to 50 million years.

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

Scientists might have just found Earth's icy, distant cousin a few hundred light-years away. HD 137010 b is one of thousands of exoplanets, or planets that orbit other stars, and is potentially the ...

Step outside just after sunset and you may catch an unusual sight: six planets strung across the sky in a gentle arc. The phenomenon—often dubbed a “planetary parade”—isn’t a cosmic spectacle in the ...

Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the most detailed map yet of Uranus's upper atmosphere. The planet's tilted rotation and offset magnetic field cause its auroras to be complex ...

In psychology, the term “dialectics” has to do with holding two contradictory ideas at once. The concept helps better explain the complexities of life when there’s truth in two opposing views. As New ...

The idea of humans living on Mars is closer to reality than it’s ever been. On Feb. 13, Elon Musk’s SpaceX ferried an international crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station, another ...

President Trump on Thursday directed his administration to release files on UFOs and any "alien and extraterrestrial life," an issue that has drawn decades of public fascination — and spawned more ...

On Thursday U.S. president Donald Trump announced on his social media platform Truth Social that he would direct the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to “begin the process of ...