Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...

“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

The landing site dates back to the same era when the earliest microscopic life forms began emerging on Earth.

If you go outside and start digging, you will quickly find that the world under the surface is filled with life. Worms, grubs ...

Rovers sent to Mars have so far failed to detect life, likely because it doesn’t exist on the Red Planet. But we can’t say ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover is making history by collecting handpicked Martian samples for future return to Earth. Scientists are eager to study these specimens to unlock secrets about Mars’ ancient ...

About 99% of Earth is uninhabitable; in deep underground places with high pressure and temperature, even the toughest bacteria cannot survive. However, there are places where life thrives, from ...

Scientists from Montana State University have found that microscopic life in Yellowstone National Park’s hot springs could reveal how ... These findings suggest that before Earth’s atmosphere became ...

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

An asteroid strike could cool the planet's climate, harm crops, and disrupt food supply, but it may also increase plankton ...

Microbial mats in Lake Fryxell. Microscopic life in this lake could give insights into the earliest life on Earth. (Photo by Abbey Dias/National Science Foundation) The McMurdo Dry Valleys don’t look ...