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.

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

Gypsum is a soft, translucent sulfate mineral that allows just enough light to penetrate for photosynthetic organisms to ...

Deep in the Nevada desert sits Area 51, a military facility so secret the U.S. government refused to even acknowledge it for decades. Hidden within restricted airspace and guarded by heavy security, ...

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

Elon Musk had some bizarre things to say at a recent xAI meeting. - Hakan Nural/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images And in an unusual move, xAI posted the entire 45-minute meeting online. No time to watch ...

Imagine walking into a job interview and the person across the desk literally can't look you in the eye because your face has ...

We were walking along like normal when something caught my eye at the last second. I looked down and realized I had almost stepped directly on a snake. One more step and this could have ended very ...

United States President Donald Trump says he’ll release government files relating to alien and extraterrestrial life.

If Mars is a long-term dream, then the Moon is emerging as a strategic move and could be the key to realizing Elon Musk's ...

You’ve probably followed the Mars rover missions on and off for years, watching those red-dust landscapes scroll across your TV screen and wondering: Could something have lived there once? Now, after ...