Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Anyone familiar with the search for alien life will have heard of the "Goldilocks Zone" around a star. This is defined as the orbital band where the temperature is just right for liquid water to pool ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

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

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher for the Northern ...

Red dwarfs make up the vast majority of stars in the galaxy. Such ubiquity means they host the majority of rocky exoplanets we’ve found so far – which in turn makes them interesting for ...

The researchers said that the "hydroxyl gigamaser" was generated by the merger of two galaxies some 8 billion light-years away.

Exploring divine authority, political power, sectarian conflict, and moral leadership in a globalized, technologically advancing world.

An intriguing religious issue is raised by an odd space-age colloquy in mid-February between Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Out of the blue, political podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen asked Obama, “Are ...

The historic Chateau at the Oregon Caves is an architectural gem that deserves recognition beyond its role as a place to ...

A unifying quality of the previous films in the Alien franchise is that they all focus on a “final girl,” a common hallmark of horror cinema. While Wendy might technically qualify for this description ...

Sci-fi cinema has changed greatly throughout the decades, and one can track its evolution from classics like Metropolis to ...