In 1587, Pope Sixtus V created the position of advocatus diaboli, or devil’s advocate. The appointee would skeptically ...

What new methods can be developed to help detect signs of life beyond Earth, also called biosignatures? This is what a recent ...

Japanese researchers built an electrical sensor that reads single molecules, a step toward compact tools that detect ...

Using AI and electrical signals, researchers could finally learn whether distant worlds are home to other living beings ...

A conversation with Paul Thigpen K.V. Turley, Author Paul Thigpen earned a B.A. in religious studies from Yale University ...

Earth's history reveals that the evolution of oxygen, nutrients, and life are interconnected, offering insights into potential biosignatures on other planets.

New research has found that a specific form of life may be able to live on one of Saturn’s moons, Enceladus. Enceladus is a ...

A newly discovered multi-celled extremophile, dubbed the 'fire amoeba,' thrives in Lassen Volcanic National Park's heated ...

This summer, exoplanet science—the study of planets orbiting stars beyond our sun—took a big step forward. Reports of helium ...

Enceladus is hardly an inviting place. It sits 1.5 billion kilometers from the Sun, covered by a thick frozen exterior. Yet ...