Europa has a deep ocean, but a new study suggests its seafloor may be too quiet to supply the energy life needs to survive.

Somehow, 26 new species of bacteria have managed to survive in the harshest place on Earth -- a NASA cleanroom.

New research shows how engineered enzymes and cell-free systems can be combined to recycle CO2 into Acetyl-CoA and other ...

Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ever appeared in stone.

Beneath its thin sky, dust storms roar, dust devils twist across the surface, and tiny grains of sand constantly rub against ...

For decades, Jupiter’s moon Europa has been cast as one of the solar system’s best bets for alien life, a world with a global ...