An experiment mimicking conditions on the Saturn moon suggests that cell-like bubbles don’t form in methane lakes, puncturing hopes for alien life.

The companies say the partnership will help move expandable habitat technology toward operational missions by scaling up ...

New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder to detect.

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Scientists studying Mars may have uncovered a brand-new mineral hidden in the planet’s ancient sulfate deposits. By combining laboratory experiments with orbital data, researchers identified an ...

Scientists grew chickpeas in simulated moon soil, raising the possibility that astronauts could one day grow crops on future ...

"If a signal gets broadened by its own star's environment, it can slip below our detection thresholds, even if it's there." ...

Life's capacity to survive in simulated lunar and Martian soils has been explored in two papers published in Scientific Reports. Treating simulated lunar soil with both symbiotic fungi and ...

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.

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

NASA's chief has just upended the timeline for the future moon missions as conspiracy theorists continue to claim something found on the lunar surface is being hidden.