Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cosmic radiation could be a boon for subsurface life on worlds such as Europa (left), Mars (center) and Enceladus (right), ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new study suggests that cosmic rays could enable life to exist outside of traditional habitable ...

Astronomers have made a historic discovery by directly detecting cosmic rays deep inside a dense, starless molecular cloud. This breakthrough provides an invaluable look at the invisible particles ...

Cosmic rays inside a dense molecular cloud were measured for the first time, helping scientists better understand how stars begin forming.

Planning a trip to Mars? Take plenty of shielding. According to sensors on NASA’s ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) spacecraft, galactic cosmic rays have just hit a Space Age high. “In 2009, cosmic ...

The traditional astrophysical recipe for life as we know it is quite simple: Get a rocky, gas-shrouded world in a “habitable zone” orbit around a star so that it’s not too hot or too cold. Then just ...