NASA’s Perseverance rover found large crystals of quartz with a high purity on Mars, which probably had to have formed in the ...

UC Riverside scientists identify a new way to detect life in outer space with currently existing telescopes. The method hinges on worlds that look nothing like Earth, and gases rarely considered in ...

Europa, one of Jupiter’s intriguing moons, is hiding an ocean beneath its icy shell — an ocean that might harbor alien life.

Their discovery showed that even tucked away in our innards – in the walls of our stomachs, subjected to vinegar-like pH ...

Saturn’s moon Enceladus has giant geysers blasting water into space at supersonic speeds. Does it also harbour life beneath its crust? Originally broadcast on 14 Dec 2016.

New research suggests Enceladus’ water plumes may originate from a slushy ice layer rather than its underground ocean.

A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south ...

The Lost City, found in 2000 near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, is a deep-sea ecosystem with towering limestone formations ...

Sandwiched between the freezing cold of Earth’s coldest continent and the warmth of its southernmost active volcano, the ...

If life exists on other planets, it needs to be adaptable to extreme environments. To get a clue of what it might look like, ...

For a long time, scientists believed that early life on Earth struggled due to a lack of usable nitrogen. This new discovery ...