Baker’s yeast isn’t just useful in the kitchen — it may also be built for space. Researchers found that yeast cells can ...

Organic compounds found in Mars rocks are too abundant to rule out the possibility of Martian life in the red planet’s history, NASA scientists say. BRUSSELS — NATO said on Wednesday it had launched a ...

Denis Johnson wrote about some of the most unlikable characters in American fiction, and yet he always managed to make readers care what happened to them. This talent may have had something to do with ...

Scientists have uncovered incredible truths about the universe, yet some mysteries still refuse to show us an explanation.

Jupiter’s moon Europa has long looked like a frozen cue ball, its bright shell of ice hiding a global ocean that many astrobiologists see as one of the most promising places for life beyond Earth. New ...

Alex Proyas’s 1998 sci-fi noir was praised by critics, including the legendary Roger Ebert, who hailed it as a visionary achievement.

In this idea, life’s first steps may have happened inside sticky gels attached to surfaces, similar in some ways to modern microbial biofilms. Biofilms are the thin layers of bacteria you see on rocks ...

Visitors to a new attraction in Boulder City aren't interested in fiction, according to owner Tom Devlin. The share their own stories and are fascinated by actual accounts and stories about UFO ...

A doctoral student recreated a tiny piece of the universe in a bottle to investigate the chemistry that led to life on Earth.

Perchlorate, a toxic substance found in Mars dirt, could help the bacterium Sporosarcina pasteurii strengthen bonds between particles of regolith.

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