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Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

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Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, appears to have the right ingredients and conditions for a certain kind of tiny bubble to form ...

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.

Learn about the technology that may help astronauts survive on the moon by extracting water from lunar soil and producing ...

For decades, scientists believed water was the essential cradle for life. But new research suggests life’s building blocks ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

A study published recently in Joule reveals that the technology can successfully extract water from soil samples and convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuel chemicals.

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

A study published recently in Joule reveals that the technology can successfully extract water from soil samples and convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuel chemicals.

Micrometeorites raining down from space may have provided the perfect surfaces for the first primitive cells to form on Earth ...