When the Corps of Discovery arrived at Fort Clatsop, they were desperate for a way to preserve their food. Men were sent to ...

Rovers sent to Mars have so far failed to detect life, likely because it doesn’t exist on the Red Planet. But we can’t say ...

During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But ...

A new study focusing on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, shows that the physics of alien oceans could prevent evidence of deep-sea life from reaching places where we can detect it.

The search for alien life could be boosted by a simple new test, say scientists. They believe the movement of microbes may ...

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

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

Searching for life in alien oceans may be more difficult than scientists previously thought, even when we can sample these ...

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

Imagine a distant world, light-years away, where intelligent beings scan the cosmos, searching for hints of life. If their ...

Behind the wheel is Nick Leseberg, an ecologist, who drives at a slow but steady pace with keen eyes that miss little in the fading light. We pull over at the side of the road at one point to inspect ...