Searching for life on other planets requires more than just measuring their distances from their stars. A future NASA ...

Cloud cover is bad for picnics and for viewing stars through a telescope. But an exoplanet with dense or even total cloud ...

The colours of microbes that live in clouds high in the sky have been measured for the first time, giving scientists clues that could help us find life on other planets. A diverse range of ...

For the first time, scientists have found complex, multicelled creatures living a mile and more below the planet’s surface — raising new possibilities about both the spread of life on Earth and ...

Scientists are working with NASA to develop a tool called the Chemical Laptop that has the ability to read a sample of matter on cosmic bodies like Jupiter and Mars, and conclude if certain signatures ...