Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth? A discovery ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array has detected methanol isotopes around a nearby star, which could help explain why the ingredients for life are present on Earth.

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have detected a young star system, HD 100453, awash in alcohol, approximately 330 light-years away. This pr ...

What can the climate history of Mars teach scientists about whether the Red Planet once had the ingredients for life as we ...

New research says that the search for extraterrestrial life may be too narrow, as life could thrive in conditions far different from Earth's.

Scientists from UCL and the University of Cambridge have revealed that "space ice"—long thought to be completely ...