Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

To solve that problem, a team of German researchers at the Technical University in Berlin figured that, instead of having a ...

The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 ...

The Secret 10-Year Mission to a Planet 40 Light Years Away What if you were offered the opportunity to visit another planet?

A rocky planet less than half the mass of Earth seems to have an atmosphere made almost entirely of sulphur dioxide – this ...

Scientists using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have made a groundbreaking discovery: a massive exoplanet ...

Wolf 359’s extreme radiation and frequent X-ray flares make life-sustaining atmospheres on nearby planets highly unlikely, ...

In a theoretical study, researchers explored how a twin Earth with human-like life and technology might detect our ...

It is one of the most isolated landforms of continental origin, having split from the supercontinent of Gondwana millions of ...

There's a lot of variety on the Nintendo Switch in terms of Open-World games. There are games that cater to all ages and ...

John Carpenter is far more than a simple film director. A talented artist, a gifted musician, an inspired writer, and a ...