Nitrospirota is an archaeal phylum that’s particularly common in the terrestrial subsurface. Some species of nitrospirota are ...

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A groundbreaking survey in Nature Astronomy reveals a surprising consensus among scientists: the majority believe that alien ...

Earth ejecta, for instance, could hold Earth life.

When we turn to “complex” extraterrestrial life or “intelligent” aliens, our results were 67.4 percent agreement, and 58.2 ...

When we turn to “complex” extraterrestrial life or “intelligent” aliens, our results were 67.4% agreement, and 58.2% ...

so that'd likely be the case on other worlds if the life that exists there is similar to life as we know it. "These arid, dry planets, with significantly less than one Earth's ocean of water may ...

New oxygen pathway could reshape life detection methods CO2 and helium ions form molecular oxygen, study shows Oxygen can exist without biological processes on other planets ...

In this crowd-pleasing “memory musical,” various characters remember the joy, the laughter, and the pain of what it was like to go through high school.