The University of Arizona's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft only made it home once in 2025, but at least it got some nice snapshots ...

There is nearly 16,700 cubic feet of habitable area aboard the International Space Station (ISS). That makes it larger than a ...

Researchers have identified over 70 new species, from ancient dinosaurs to living mammals and insects preserved in amber ...

For decades, scientists have scoured the skies and planetary surfaces for evidence that life might exist beyond Earth. New ...

Scientists studying volcanic eruptions in Iceland say microbes begin colonizing new lava flows faster and more predictably than once thought.

SANTA CRUZ — Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed ...

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

Pandora Mission will attempt to capture the atmospheric conditions of 20 planets as they eclipse their respective suns, an ...

"The Giant Leap," by astrobiologist Caleb Scharf, is an optimistic account of our widening journey into the cosmos.

Over 70 new species, from insects to dinosaurs, were identified in 2025 by combining fieldwork, museum collections, and ...

Species discovery rates are accelerating, not declining. A new study shows 2020 broke records for new species descriptions, ...

The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species ...