Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Deep within the acidic clouds of Venus, astronomers have detected a tantalizing gas never found on the planet ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Scientists have uncovered communities of animals such as tube worms and snails living in volcanic caves beneath the seafloor, revealing a previously unknown but thriving ecosystem. Researchers made ...

It could be atmospheric chemistry. Or pollution from unseen volcanoes. But there's a chance — a not insignificant chance — that scientists have made the first clear discovery of life beyond Earth.

Mars Discovery Raises Compelling Questions: Life or Chemistry? Results from NASA’s Perseverance rover reveal organic molecules, unusual minerals, and intriguing rock textures inside Jezero Crater’s ...

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A mudstone sample from Jezero Crater shows textures and minerals that on Earth often form through microbial activity. Scientists caution that nonbiological processes could also explain the features, ...

In the next decade or so, it’s entirely possible that you’ll see a headline announcing that NASA has found evidence of life in space. Would that news cause you to run screaming into the street? An ...