In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly ...

Life on Earth might not be as Earthly as we think. A recent research published in The Conversation explores a revived and ...

For decades, scientists have imagined Martian life as something that might look faintly familiar, perhaps microbes not so ...

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

What can volcanic sulfur on ancient Mars teach scientists about whether microbial life might have existed? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team of ...

The white areas on the edges of these gullies in the Martian region of Terra Sirenium, shown in an image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, are thought to be areas of dusty ice similar to those ...

New research in Yellowstone National Park has found a connection between earthquake swarms and the chemical reactions needed ...

Rocky planets that are about earth-size, or maybe two to three times larger, will offer the best chances for simple microbial life, says geodynamicist. Despite endless debate on how and why earth has ...

An Argentina lagoon turned a bright pink color caused by sodium sulfite, an anti-bacterial product used in fish factories - Copyright AFP Timur Matahari An Argentina ...

The study of early Earth microbial life and its associated organic matter provides crucial insights into the origins and evolution of life on our planet. Recent work has illuminated the remarkable ...