It sounds crazy, but ESA’s CHEOPS telescope is built to blur stars — on purpose. This counterintuitive design actually helps ...

Abiotic chemistry in Earth’s atmosphere could have generated biologically important organosulfur molecules as life was ...

Every so often, headlines and social media buzz with phrases like “Mysterious signal detected from deep space”, capturing the imagination of millions. Questions immediately arise: Is an advanced ...

It was thought that complex cells couldn’t survive above a certain temperature, but a tiny amoeba has proven that assumption ...

Newly arrived and soon-to-depart members of Expedition 73 prepared for what is to come next during this, their final week all ...

An ocean-mining company has funded some of the most comprehensive scientific studies to date, and peer-reviewed results have ...

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It ...

NASA is sending two spacecraft to Mars on their new ESCAPADE mission to reveal how space weather robbed it of its atmosphere and turned it dry ...

Luck and dedication reveal microbial meal service for MSU’s Eric Boyd as he digs into seismic activity (and Earth’s oldest ...