Due to the extremely cold climate, Lake Unter-See remains covered in ice year-round.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has spied a pitted rock face known as "Timboy Chaco" as it explores a region of the Red Planet called Mount Sharp.

Beneath Triton’s frozen surface, scientists believe a vast subsurface ocean may exist. If confirmed, this distant moon could ...

Why scientists believe Venus could host alien microbial life.

Our single-celled ancestor lived in a world without plants, animals or oxygen-rich oceans. Yet, this seemingly simple microorganism took the first steps toward complex life. From this ancestor emerged ...

According to NASA, Lake Untersee is an underground body of water resting in the snow-capped peaks of East Antarctica. Hidden like a time capsule, it p.

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

New research shows industrial chemicals — such as in drugs, pesticides and plastics — have reached even the most distant and ...

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

New research suggests Mars may have remained habitable much longer than scientists once thought. Ancient sand dunes in Gale Crater appear to have been soaked by underground water billions of years ago ...

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

Millions of unknown microbial genes discovered in Antarctica’s ocean reveal a hidden ecosystem that may influence carbon cycling and climate.