Researchers at the University of Minnesota Duluth identified a previously unknown archaea species in black goo inside the rudder housing of the R/V Blue Heron. The microbes may represent entirely new ...

The University of Arizona is opening a new exhibit this weekend that explores one of humanity's most enduring questions: Are ...

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Huzzah! The mystery of an unidentified golden object that had been discovered on the ocean floor off Alaska’s Pacific Coast ...

This not-so-little piece of equipment could change astronomy forever. And it could be about to find alien life. Maybe in a ...

Spread the loveIn a groundbreaking revelation, NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected the most diverse array of organic molecules ever discovered on Mars, including the longest organic molecules ...

The SETI Institute’s new Discovery and Futures Lab is expanding the search for life beyond Earth, uniting science, ethics, ...

Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration now know what a mysterious “golden orb” they found at the ...

Spread the loveThe quest to understand whether life ever existed on Mars has taken a monumental leap forward with NASA’s Curiosity rover making a groundbreaking discovery. On April 22, 2026, the rover ...

Scientists are careful to point out that organic molecules can form through purely geological processes, without any ...

Starlight has been the key to finding thousands of exoplanets over the past decade, but researchers have found a new way to ...

A year ago, Curiosity already caused a stir with a find on Mars. Now, further evidence of organic compounds has been added.