EXCLUSIVE: NASA's chief medical officer has exclusively told the Daily Star that he believes there is 'a risk' of Mars based ...

Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

When the surface of the Sun exploded with activity in May 2024, Earth was hit by the biggest solar storm in more than two ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Moravian University and William Penn Elementary students are collaborating on a puppet-driven storytelling project.

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

Hardy 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.

Two US lunar landers launched from the Kennedy Space Center touched down on the moon in March 2025, marking a milestone for NASA's Artemis program.

New photos captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show that Mars' giant, spiderweb-like "boxwork" features are covered in tiny, never-before-seen nodules that bear a striking resemblance to arachnid ...

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 ...