Astrobiologists in Germany are developing a new testing device that could help tease dormant alien microbes into revealing themselves — and its key ingredient is a common amino acid that’s found in ...

A provocative study suggests that Jupiter’s frozen moon Europa may not only be hospitable, but that life from Earth could be ...

It’s one small step for man, one potential giant leap for Martiankind. Scientists have identified a region on Mars that could support living organisms, potentially bringing us a step closer to ...

Since the 1950s, humanity has been searching for extraterrestrial life with increasingly sophisticated tools. But after decades of space probes, meteorite analysis, radio telescopes, and UFO ...

In the 1982 blockbuster, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, E.T. is lured out of hiding using a trail of Reese's Pieces. But what ...

Earth is often called “the Pale Blue Dot” thanks to its bountiful oceans, but most of the planet’s land masses are actually dominated by the color green. Plants use chlorophyll (which absorbs red and ...