We have only one example of biology forming in the universe—life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways? How do ...

The odds of us finding extraterrestrial life anytime soon are pretty slim. But if there's anything that can deliver us a sign ...

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways? How do ...

Picture an ice-covered landscape, rough and rocky. Plumes of water vapor erupt from the surface. Tendrils of algae ... and ...

"You could lose, or at least completely fry, rocky planets forming close to such a star." ...

These planets are relatively small in size and in mass. A terrestrial planet has a solid rocky surface, with metals deep in its interior. In the solar system, these planets are closer to the sun ...

The Mars rover, built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has slowly scaled Mount Sharp since 2014. This mountain, ...

Plate tectonics seems to be crucial for life on Earth, but we’ve never confirmed that it happens on other worlds - that may be about to change ...

In our solar system, we have two distinct categories of planets—the small rocky ones ... such as a molten or volcanic surface. Additional observations will be necessary to confirm the presence ...

In our solar system, we have two distinct categories of planets — the small rocky ones ... such as a molten or volcanic surface. Additional observations will be necessary to confirm the presence ...