Scientists have identified a promising new way to detect life on faraway planets, hinging on worlds that look nothing like ...

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

If venusian clouds contain life, it will be very different than what we know. But terrestrial analogs might still give us ...

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

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity — or not.

NASA has launched the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the PUNCH mission to study the sun’s mysteries.

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

A paper published in 2023 spurred discussion about whether life exists on an exoplanet named K2-18b. Two years later, the ...

Scientists have uncovered shocking evidence that Earth's first life thrived in volcanic hellscapes 2.75 billion years ...

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.