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.

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A newly discovered ice comet from deep space may be over 7 billion years old, making it the most ancient comet scientists ...

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The presence of apparent biological signatures on Venus has left UK-based researchers chasing down bacterial life in the ...

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Scientists link Antarctic record sea ice loss to an unexplained spike in ocean salt levels, raising concerns about ocean stability.

Astronomers have uncovered a massive, hidden exoplanet nestled in the dusty disc of a young star—MP Mus—by combining ...

Eighty years ago today, at 5:29 am on the morning of 16 July 1945, in the state of New Mexico, a dreadful slice of history ...

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