Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...

This new group, which is led by Harvard professor Avi Loeb, aims to advise the Trump administration and the U.S. intelligence ...

An experiment that involved feeding a dead goat to a Komodo dragon as well as an analysis of thousands of ancient bones ...

The space agency has put out a call for its Moon & Mars Exploration Analog, which recreates the challenges of a long-duration ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

A backup version of Skylab was displayed when the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum opened 50 years ago. After ...

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

Modern genetic research is “pushing the boundaries of what’s possible” by bringing extinct animals back to life, but could it ...

A research team led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has revealed how the genome is reorganized in 3D during ...