Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Deep in the Nevada desert sits Area 51, a military facility so secret the U.S. government refused to even acknowledge it for decades. Hidden within restricted airspace and guarded by heavy security, ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent roughly six months exploring a geological feature on Mars known as boxwork: a vast network of low rock ridges, about 3–6 feet (1–2 meters) tall, crisscrossing the ...

A rare ancient document from Sudan confirms the historical existence of King Qashqash, a Nubian ruler once known only from ...

An intriguing religious issue is raised by an odd space-age colloquy in mid-February between Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Out of the blue, political podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen asked Obama, “Are ...

Tardigrades, a type of microscopic animal, can reveal information about how life interacts with simulated Martian mineral deposits. The three images on top are active tardigrades in a typical Earth ...

Did you know? Sound from another planet, the wind on Mars, has been recorded and made audible with the help of headphones and ...

Remember 3I/ATLAS? Yes, the interstellar comet that made plenty of headlines in 2025 is still romping through our solar ...

America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in. In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover came across a peculiar rocky outcrop on Mars covered in strange spots. On Earth, these ...

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...