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

Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the ...

Scientists might have just found Earth's icy, distant cousin a few hundred million light-years away. HD 137010 b is one of ...

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

Launched to Mars in November, NASA’s ESCAPADE probes — operated by UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Lab — are now testing their ...