New research suggests scientists can search for life beyond Earth by studying patterns across many planets instead of relying ...

A single alien world can be misleading. A strange gas in an atmosphere might look promising, then turn out to come from ...

Earth may have won a cosmic chemistry lottery. Researchers found that during the planet’s earliest formation, oxygen had to be in an extremely narrow “Goldilocks zone” for two life-essential elements, ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo missions—and they’re shaking up the search for life beyond Earth. The OSIRIS-REx ...

Canary Islands musician Juan Mesa, Tibetan flutist Nawang Khechog and Maui guitarist Jeff Peterson are collaborating to send music to other planets. Courtesy photo On a mission to contact other ...

Exploring one of science's most exciting frontiers, the book "Life in Space" bridges astrophysics and biology to uncover the conditions that make life possible—on Earth and beyond. Designed for ...

For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research that is transforming life on Earth and shaping the future of exploration.