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Yucatan's Chicxulub crater marks one of our universe's most momentous historical events: when an asteroid strike killed 75% ...

A type of lichen was able to survive extreme UV radiation in the lab, suggesting that ozone protection might not be required for life on exoplanets.

Two men have been sentenced for their roles in the deaths of 53 migrants being smuggled inside a tractor trailer in southwest ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute who explains why the Red Planet may hold answers about ...

Stories about the existence of aliens, and our chances of detecting them, tend to be positive. We are told that we might ...

The origin of life is one of the most fundamental and enduring questions of mankind and one of the three greatest Origin ...

KANSAS CITY– Ten Mexican nationals, one Guatemalan national, and two United States citizens have been indicted by a federal ...

Efforts to find alien life could be boosted by simple test that gets microbes moving. Image: Shutterstock.com. Researchers have long investigated what type of life exists beyond Earth and how we can ...

Astronomers have been trying to detect atmospheres on planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, but bursts of radiation from the star make ...

Former DOJ attorney Erez Reuveni says he was fired after pushing back on orders from top officials, including Emil Bove, to ...