Electrons released when cosmic rays strike water-ice can provide energy for microbes and facilitate the formation of complex ...

On the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa, a strange, star-shaped scar has become an unlikely focal point in the search ...

Earth’s deep-sea hydrothermal vents provide a model for understanding how life could exist on Europa. Holden’s team is studying how vent microbes generate energy using hydrogenases to predict what ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

NASA's alien-hunting Europa Clipper spacecraft took seven hours of ultraviolet observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS while both objects zoom toward Jupiter.

Nasa’s mission teams use extreme environments to trial equipment and procedures for future lunar and planetary exploration.

Alien life could exist on hot, rocky planets, sustained not by water but by a type of salty fluid, new research suggests. Reading time 3 minutes The search for alien life usually hinges on finding the ...

How did life start on Earth? The answer is a big scientific mystery scientists are actively investigating. After talking with many scientists, host Regina G. Barber found that an abundance of water on ...

By chance, NASA Europa Clipper captured interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in ultraviolet light as it sped past Earth, revealing hidden gases and offering a rare preview before its Jupiter encounter ahead.

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