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"We found that hundreds of exoplanets are larger than they appear, and that shifts our understanding of exoplanets on a large ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute have discovered complex organic molecules, precursors to life, in space, challenging previous assumptions about life's origins.

For decades, scientists believed water was the essential cradle for life. But new research suggests life’s building blocks ...

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, appears to have the right ingredients and conditions for a certain kind of tiny bubble to form ...

Learn about the technology that may help astronauts survive on the moon by extracting water from lunar soil and producing ...

With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist James Holden will dedicate the next three years to “predicting” the nature of life on Europa.

In a star system far, far away—well, about 1,300 light-years from here—a young star just spilled the chemical tea on the origins of life. V883 Orionis, a fiery infant star surrounded by a swirling ...

Glass isn't as easy to recycle as we might think, so we need as many ways to turn it into new products as we can devise.

Sedona, Arizona's Mii amo wellness retreat recently underwent a $40 million renovation—and it's the No. 1 destination spa in ...

MP Materials, which runs the only American rare earths mine, announced a new $500 million agreement with tech giant Apple on ...

One of the most exciting places to study resilient microbes, that survive without sunlight, is Europa, a moon of Jupiter, ...