From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.
NASA’s search for life beyond Earth is no longer a distant dream but a coordinated campaign that now stretches from Martian ...
Electrons released when cosmic rays strike water-ice can provide energy for microbes and facilitate the formation of complex organic molecules.
Morgan Underwood receives funding from NASA-funded CLEVER Planets (Cycles of Life-Essential Volatile Elements in Rocky Planets) research project. When astronomers search for planets that could host ...
"The universe is a pretty big place. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space," goes a line from the 1997 film "Contact." In the movie, Jodie Foster plays Dr. Ellie Arroway, a radio ...