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

The Jack Reacher star isn’t going to become the next Schwarzenegger if he stars in generic junk like this.

While aliens in science fiction hop between planets on vast spaceships, scientists say real-life extraterrestrials might take ...

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.

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

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

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

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Around 1.7 billion years ago, eukaryotes—the building blocks of complex life—first appeared on Earth, and now scientists have ...

Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.

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