A pair of new studies suggest that key steps toward life’s chemistry may begin long before planets exist. Experiments ...

How can fission-powered propulsion help advance deep space exploration, specifically to the outer planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th ...

In April, scientists captured global attention by announcing they’d found a molecule in a faraway planet’s atmosphere that could signal life there. But a new analysis by University of Chicago ...

The observations expand the range of environments where habitable worlds might emerge. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...