Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Explore the dramatic rock formations of Valle de la Luna in the Atacama Desert, Chile—an alien landscape that earned its ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

While aliens in science fiction hop between planets on vast spaceships, scientists say real-life extraterrestrials might take ...

Deep in the Nevada desert sits Area 51, a military facility so secret the U.S. government refused to even acknowledge it for decades. Hidden within restricted airspace and guarded by heavy security, ...

Imagine walking into a job interview and the person across the desk literally can't look you in the eye because your face has ...

Castlewood Canyon State Park in Franktown, Colorado is one of those places that makes you do a double-take and wonder if someone forgot to tell you that Colorado secretly contains portals to Mars.

Fort Rock State Natural Area in Fort Rock, Oregon, is exactly that kind of place, where the landscape looks so otherworldly you’ll keep checking to make sure you’re still in the Pacific Northwest. You ...

You’ve probably followed the Mars rover missions on and off for years, watching those red-dust landscapes scroll across your TV screen and wondering: Could something have lived there once? Now, after ...

"Life might actually survive being ejected from one planet and moving to another." ...