A new paper has suggested that life may be trapped in a subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa, and Earth itself may have ...

Earth may have gotten some of the key ingredients for life from asteroids in the inner solar system, but not without ...

Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new Johns Hopkins University study finds. The work demonstrates that a certain ...

Scientists believe they’ve found evidence that life on Earth is over a billion years older than anyone believed was realistic. New research used machine learning to scan ancient meteorites and fossils ...

Despite its incredible diversity, there is a universal tie between all life on Earth, regardless of species. This unifying ...

Moderator Nicole Sawyer (from left) discussed the role of private businesses and education institutions on space exploration ...

Earth is so far the only known planet on which life exists—with liquid water and a stable atmosphere. However, the conditions were not conducive to life when it formed. The gas-dust cloud from which ...

A recent paper suggests that if astrobiologists want to make an educated guess about what life on Venus might look like, they should look to a weird microbe called A. ferrooxidans, found here onEarth.