New research shows how cell-like vesicles could form in Titan’s methane lakes, hinting at possible steps toward life - without water.

Look east around 4 a.m. local time, just before dawn, to see the slender form of the crescent moon climb above the horizon. Jupiter, appearing as a bright "star" will sit about 5 degrees to the right ...

Scientists at Southwest Research Institute conducted experiments to understand the puzzling distribution of frozen hydrogen ...

Jupiter's moon Europa, which was often pictured as a still, silent shell may be home to a giant liquid water ocean that holds ...

What processes on Jupiter’s moon, Europa, could offer clues about the small moon potentially harboring life as we know it? This is what a recent stud | Space ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists conducted lab experiments to address a mystery about the origins of frozen ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists conducted lab experiments to address a mystery about the origins of ...

Similar deep-sea volcanoes found on Earth support microbial life that lives inside solid rock without sunlight and oxygen.

People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet.

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists conducted lab experiments to address a mystery about the origins of frozen hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. Their results, ...

One of the most exciting places to study resilient microbes, that survive without sunlight, is Europa, a moon of Jupiter, ...

An expedition in the Red Sea found several brine pools that appear to be fed by underwater volcanoes, which may be home to microbes and animals with unique adaptations ...