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

"Extremophile" bacteria could survive asteroid impacts that are strong enough to launch them into space, suggesting that life could travel between planetary bodies.

Scientists simulated an asteroid impact, and Deinococcus radiodurans’ cell membranes made it through. This suggests that life-forms flung into space by violent impacts may have colonized planets and ...

Planets drifting unmoored through interstellar space, with no star to call home, may still have moons that are warm enough to support life, a new study has found. Through a combination of a thick ...

According to NASA, Lake Untersee is an underground body of water resting in the snow-capped peaks of East Antarctica. Hidden ...

Asteroids would’ve supplied the raw materials, heat, and geologic plumbing to circulate prebiotic matter while also creating freshwater lakes ...

Latest Breaking News About Space Discoveries Astronomers Spot Cosmic Laser Halfway Across the Universe Here’s something wild: ...

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors.

A pioneering experiment will investigate the behaviour of this cyanobacterium, scientifically known as Limnospira indica, on the International ...

All three elements that make up acrylonitrile are abundant on Titan, and the molecule’s unique spectra have been detected in ...