Meteor Crater formed some 50,000 years ago. It represents the best preserved meteor impact site in the world, measuring some ...

In a series of experiments at Johns Hopkins University, Lily Zhao fired tiny samples of a microorganism with a room-sized gas ...

Some woodturning projects are beautiful in a familiar way. This one is beautiful because it looks completely unfamiliar. With its dark surface, unusual patterning, and almost alien appearance, this ...

New Scans of a Martian Meteorite That Landed on Earth Strengthen ‘Alien Life’ Claims ...

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

NASA has announced that the asteroid known as 2024 YR4, a space rock roughly the size of a 20-story building, no longer poses a threat of crashing into the Moon during its close approach in 2032.

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.

Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

Being able to spot the Earth, let alone any signs of life on our planet, would require an enormous telescope from 66 million ...

Werner Herzog does not believe aliens have visited Earth, but he does think other life forms exist in the universe. He also believes his poetry will outlive his films.