In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly ...

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Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

In a quiet corner of an ancient riverbed on Mars, a speckled rock has pushed the search for extraterrestrial life into its ...

In July, researchers using the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System survey telescope in Chile made an ...

Recent scans of interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS by the Green Bank Telescope show no radio signals, yet astronomers argue it is ...

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

NASA’s Mars rover finds organic signals in mudstone that resemble microbial activity, sparking new debate over life on the ...

Using lunar ice to make rocket fuel could help future lunar settlements sustain themselves and provide a launch pad for ...

Until now, scientists believed that Mars’ skylights – pits in the surface of mars – were formed by volcanic activity. But ...

Are aliens real? A Nature Astronomy study reveals 87% of experts believe life exists. Explore how 3I/ATLAS and AI are ...