We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific evidence at a record pace. Yet the age-old question remains unanswered: are we ...

At the microscopic edge of biology, researchers have uncovered an organism so stripped down that it forces a rethink of what ...

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Seemingly sleepy Enceladus — a moon of Saturn’s just a fraction of the size of our own satellite — was barely on the radar of astronomers up until the Cassini mission arrived at the system in 2004.

It appears that we live on the knife-edge, where only the narrowest combination of values for the fundamental constants allow life, and especially conscious life, to arise. When you purchase through ...

Syracuse University biologists study the mechanisms that have allowed microbial eukaryotes to thrive in the extreme conditions of a geothermal lake. There are an estimated 8.7 million eukaryotic ...

In a new book, astrophysicist Mario Livio describes how the existence of life on Earth can be traced back to an RNA-based “protocell.” The following is an excerpt from Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest ...

OTTAWA,ON, March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Canada. With over 40 years of reflection, study, and writing, the Canadian philosopher Laurent Grenier has dedicated himself to exploring the intricacies of ...

A totally new and highly controversial theory on the origin of life on earth, is set to cause a storm in the science world and has implications for the existence of life on other planets. Research* by ...

From its humble origin(s), life has infected the entire planet with endless beautiful forms. The genesis of life is the oldest biological event, so old that no clear evidence was left behind other ...

From its humble origin(s), life has infected the entire planet with endless beautiful forms. The genesis of life is the oldest biological event, so old that no clear evidence was left behind other ...