First-ever sample-to-sequence process entirely aboard the space station

Biologist expands pursuit of desert-dwelling microbes

"It is difficult to imagine Californian beaches on ancient Mars, but try to picture the Great Lakes on a particularly cold and long winter."

Just 40 light years from Earth, planets are best targets so far for search for extraterrestrial life

Paper shows for the first time just what “pessimism” or “optimism” mean when it comes to estimating the likelihood of advanced extraterrestrial life

Researchers have gained new insights into how components of RNA and DNA formed from chemicals present on early Earth before life existed

If such observers are using the same search methods that scientists are using on Earth, researchers propose that humanity should turn its collective ear to Earth’s “transit zone.”

Scientists look to outer space to understand how life's building blocks first formed

"Early life is fragile, so we believe it rarely evolves quickly enough to survive," ANU researchers say.

Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars