Tiny extremophiles give the salty lakes their rosy hue, but over-mining and climate change are threatening their existence.

NASA has tasked a University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist who studies extremophiles with figuring out what aliens ...

The presence of apparent biological signatures on Venus has left UK-based researchers chasing down bacterial life in the ...

Isro said that the experiment, aimed at understanding tardigrades' survival and reproductive behaviours in space, could have ...

The pH scale is a measure of how acidic or alkaline something is, 1 being highly acidic, 14 being highly alkaline, and 7 ...

Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, is considered one of the most promising places to search for alien life, thanks to its ...

The polar regions offer some of the harshest and most dynamic ecosystems on Earth. These areas are defined by their extreme ...

New research says that the search for extraterrestrial life may be too narrow, as life could thrive in conditions far different from Earth's.

在过去的五年间，科学家们在金星云层中检测到了磷化氢（PH₃）和氨（NH₃）的存在 —— 这两种气体是潜在生物活动的标志。在地球上，这两种气体仅由生物活动或工业过程产生，而科学家们尚不确定它们在金星上的来源。

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

Thriving microbe communities living in the most-polluted spots in the US offer insight into how to clean up the mess of pollution ...