Around 1.7 billion years ago, eukaryotes—the building blocks of complex life—first appeared on Earth, and now scientists have ...

Tardigrades are practically invincible on Earth, so scientists looked to outer space in search of their kryptonite.

President Trump says he is ordering the release of all government documents related to aliens and UFOs. He accused former ...

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

The odds are that life is out there – but rather than little green men, it may look more like hydrothermal vent tubeworms ...

Gypsum is a soft, translucent sulfate mineral that allows just enough light to penetrate for photosynthetic organisms to survive inside, while also protecting them from being desiccated or exposed to ...

In 2005, the Seth MacFarlane series seemed like a cheap "Family Guy" clone. 20 years later, it's the best animated show of its generation.

A recent study published in PLOS One has revealed a groundbreaking discovery: the toxic chemicals found in Mars’s dirt could potentially be used to build the infrastructure necessary for sustaining ...

A new paper suggests that BARSOOM may have been alive on the planet, and was killed in the Viking experiments.

Microbial communities hidden deep inside the caves of New Mexico have fascinated scientists who study extreme environments and search for extraterrest.