On Earth, that trio — hydrogen, oxidants and shuffling iron — can sustain microbes living far below the surface and far from ...

The prestigious research journal cites a change of standards to dismiss a NASA study that claimed to have discovered a ...

The discovery of 26 previously unknown bacterial species has raised questions about microbial resilience and the potential of microbes that can survive space's conditions.

Astrobiologist Barry DiGregorio fears astronauts on Mars could die "live on air" after being exposed to deadly alien pathogens as NASA aims to send people to the Red Planet in the 2030s ...

AN EX-NASA chief has sensationally revealed plans for intelligent alien visitors. John Rummel was twice NASA’s Planetary ...

The researchers ran simulations of radiolysis at work in key locations in the Solar System to figure out how much energy it ...

Built by Lockheed Martin and operated by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Juno launched from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 5, 2011, ...

NASA has explored using fungal mycelium as a bonding agent, while other scientists have tested bacteria that produce calcium carbonate.

New research shows cosmic rays can break water underground, releasing energy that may sustain life deep beneath ice, rock, or ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...

Life may be able to survive beneath the surface of Mars and other planets because of energy generated by cosmic rays, ...

Learn how cosmic rays, normally seen as a threat to humans in space, may be sustaining life beneath the surface of Mars and ...