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.

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

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

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

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests ...

Jupiter's moon Europa is on the short list of places in our solar system seen as promising in the search for life beyond ...

Pandora, the latest in a long portfolio of University of Arizona's space science missions, has cleared its last major ...

A new study suggests Jupiter's moon Europa may be 'dead,' lacking the geologic activity for life, just as interstellar ...

"We're not saying, and we can't say, that there's no life in Europa. What we're saying is that it's a harder proposition, ...

Red blood is the exception, not the rule. Evolution has painted it green, purple and white in animals that push physiology ...

Beijing’s trade actions raise stakes with Tokyo, as China’s rare earth power and Japan’s chip dominance are seen as ...