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

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

Scientists demonstrated that an Earthly extremophile might withstand being ejected from the Red Planet on debris spewed into ...

According to one hypothesis, life could have originated on Mars and then been transported to Earth. Experiment is said to have shown that this would be possible.

Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.

Learn how bacteria survived a simulated asteroid impact and could travel between planets on asteroid debris.

Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.

Kelly Anderson cloned her beloved cat after a sudden death, and while she calls it “one of the best decisions I’ve ever made,” her advice for others considering the same pat ...

Asteroid impacts may catapult life from one planet to another, as new research claims that hardy bacteria can survive the ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent about six months studying unusual geological formations called boxwork — a network of low ridges about 3–6 feet tall that crisscross the Martian surface for miles, ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered tiny mineral nodules on Mars that suggest groundwater persisted on the planet much longer than previously believed, expanding the window during which microbial ...

A study by scientists from Johns Hopkins University has shown that microbes trapped in asteroid debris can migrate to other planets, including Earth, and survive. This was reported on March 3 by the ...