Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Some bacteria can take a punch that would crush a submarine. In a new set of impact tests, one desert microbe, Deinococcus ...

Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

Veteran spacecraft overcome computer glitches as atmosphere 'flooded by electrons' Almost two years ago, a solar storm hit Earth, triggering auroras that were seen as far south as Mexico. The storm ...

Project Hail Mary co-director Christopher Miller has moved to clarify recent comments in which he said there isn't a single ...

Arnie said, "Get your ass to Mars", but is it really a good idea? We asked the experts about our Martian future.

In this age of Mars rovers, questions about the planet's ancient past have shifted. A growing body of evidence supports the ...

Mars’ frozen ice caps may be time capsules for ancient life. Lab experiments show that key building blocks of proteins can survive tens of millions of years in pure ice, even under relentless cosmic ...

In interviews with the press, Miller, who directed Project Hail Mary alongside collaborator Phil Lord, said there is no green ...

Dining on the moon or Mars might seem like a fantasy reserved for science fiction, but researchers are investigating how it could become a reality. Their efforts to recycle plant and human waste into ...

Many fans might wonder where the scenes in "The Martian" set on the Red Planet and the interiors of a government organization ...

Project Hail Mary screenwriter Drew Goddard explained how knowing that Ryan Gosling was the star impacted his writing process ...