While there’s no concrete consensus on a list of prerequisites for life to evolve on other planets, there are at least a ...

On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...

Europa has a deep ocean, but a new study suggests its seafloor may be too quiet to supply the energy life needs to survive.

Does Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, contain the conditions for life as we know it? This is what a recent study published in ...

NASA launched the Europa Clipper spacecraft in 2024 with the goal of investigating whether conditions favorable for life ...

Join Emillia Hawkins for buildup to the day’s action, including the final of the Africa Cup of Nations ...

Europa is unique in the solar system because it possesses liquid water, organic compounds on its icy surface, and energy from Jupiter’s strong gravitational pull ...

For decades, Jupiter’s moon Europa has been cast as one of the solar system’s best bets for alien life, a world with a global ...

The launch is set to occur no earlier than 12:42 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force ...

The Chief Constable of West Midlands Police in the United Kingdom has apologised to members of parliament after admitting ...

A study by scientists at Penn State and NASA shows that intact biomolecules from dormant microbes break down much more slowly ...

Parts of the ocean reached temperatures of -15°C (5°F) without freezing 717-660 million years ago, geologists and geochemists ...