This meant subjecting microbes to minimum pressures equivalent to ten times those of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of ...

Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new ...

Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the universe in a completely different way than we do. Physicist Daniel Whiteson exp ...

An intriguing religious issue is raised by an odd space-age colloquy in mid-February between Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Out of the blue, political podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen asked Obama, “Are ...

President Donald Trump criticized Barack Obama for his comments on aliens. Then, he said we should release more files. Joe Biden signed disclosure bill.

There were schools of thought in Ancient Greece that speculated about extraterrestrial life, in trying to answer questions ...

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

If life exists elsewhere in the universe, researchers at the University of Washington are finding the clues on Earth to help ...

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

While idea may violate Occam’s razor, “it remains a speculative but logically open alternative,” says biologist Robert Endres.

President Trump's niece on his handling of Epstein files: 'No reason' Trump's version of events is 'anything we can trust' ...