THE search for alien life across our Solar System and beyond has so far kicked up nothing intelligent – let alone microbial.

Deep subsurface microbes are highly diverse, challenging assumptions about life in low-energy environments. This discovery has implications for medicine, energy efficiency, and astrobiology. Which ...

Scientists studying Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus, have discovered that its ocean forms layers that slow the upward movement ...

Finding life in outer space is one of the great endeavors of humankind. One approach is to find motile microorganisms that ...

“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

Extremophiles: Life in Extreme Conditions Extremophiles are the superheroes of the microbial world. These organisms find a ...

There might be a type of exoplanet without dry land. They're called "Hycean" worlds, a portmanteau of "hydrogen" and "ocean." ...

Finding life on another planet would be a world-changing discovery for humanity. But actually detecting it is no simple task.

Scientists have been exploring this hidden realm, uncovering an astonishing variety of microbes that survive in extreme ...

Life in these underworlds runs on a very different timeline to Earth's bustling surface. With no sunlight, energy is sparse ...

Scientists may have figured out how Mars hung onto its surface liquid water in its ancient history via alternating periods of ...

Caltech scientists published a study using NASA Curiosity rover imagery showing the past existence of warm water on Mars.