From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

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A groundbreaking study published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences suggests that a remote rock quarry in Algeria ...

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is confirmed as a natural comet from beyond our solar system, posing no threat to Earth despite ...

As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places ...

Vladimir Putin jokes that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is a 'secret weapon' as the mysterious object sweeps past Earth.

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A new anomaly was discovered in 3I/ATLAS. The captured asymmetrical halo in the comet is now sounding planetary defence ...

For a man who claimed he couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket, Stanisław Lem’s writings contain remarkable musical visions – and ...