Scientists discover 26 new bacterial species in NASA cleanrooms, revealing surprisingly resilient microbes with potential ...

They're some of the most sterile places on Earth - but scientists have discovered dozens of new bacterial species inside NASA ...

Scientists have discovered 26 previously unknown bacterial species living inside NASA’s ultra-sterile spacecraft assembly ...

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

The key idea behind our framework is that life produces molecules with purpose, while nonliving chemistry does not. Cells ...

It’s hard to keep up with all the discoveries made around the world every year in science, but harder still to sort the hype ...

The backstory: The law began as Senate Bill 53, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, to ...

It's almost certainly not an extraterrestrial telegram. But waves that seemed to come from the vicinity of Proxima Centauri ...

Tantalising signs of past microbial life showed up on Mars this year, but to truly know whether they contain the answer to ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...