Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

An ancient asteroid older than Earth itself has reignited debate over whether life began in space. NASA's Bennu discovery reveals complex organic molecules, fuelling viral claims and raising profound ...

Scientists discover 26 new bacterial species in NASA cleanrooms, revealing surprisingly resilient microbes with potential ...

Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar ...

If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...

Scientists have discovered 26 new bacterial species that survived the extreme sterilization protocols of NASA cleanrooms ...

Scientists have discovered 26 previously unknown bacterial species living inside NASA’s ultra-sterile spacecraft assembly ...

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As this interstellar object approached its closest point to Earth, a massive radio telescope attempted to sniff out a ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...