Mars is no longer just a story about a single lost ocean or one fleeting window for biology. Taken together, recent rover ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) When scientists started looking into the data, they found two types of iron-rich ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Fresh lava looks like the last place anything could live, yet biologists are now finding microbial communities moving in ...

Past research has found that some planets create oxygen without the presence of biological organism , which has caused experts to believe this other worlds can sustain life. But new findings will help ...

In the early 1960s, the independent scientist James Lovelock worked as a consultant for NASA developing ways to analyse extraterrestrial atmospheres. This work led him to the dramatic conclusion that ...

Have you ever had your cheek fat measured? I have. I wish it was just cheek fat. I also hopped on a 360-degree body scanner and had a pair of metal calipers taken to my knee, chin, stomach, hips, and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Amy J. Williams, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) As the Perseverance rover ...

Have you ever had your cheek fat measured? I have. I wish it was just cheek fat. I also hopped on a 360-degree body scanner and had a pair of metal calipers taken to my knee, chin, stomach, hips, and ...