Similar to Earth but incapable of sustaining life. Despite surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, lava-spewing ...
Venus provides invaluable insights into the search for life on other planets, according to a new study from UC Riverside.
Despite surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, lava-spewing volcanoes, and puffy clouds of sulfuric acid, ...
At a recent workshop, researchers and journalists debated how to announce a potential discovery of extraterrestrial life ...
Studying and eventually understanding our planet Venus remains our best hope for characterizing earth-mass planets circling ...
A fringe theory called "panspermia" suggests that lifeforms can spread to new planets by hitching rides on meteors. New ...
The search for life in the universe has fascinated human beings for countless years, and now new research could change the way scientists go about searching for alien life forms. Instead of changing ...
Space.com caught up with Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck recently to talk about the company's ambitious plans for the ...
New research confirms Jupiter's moon Io has been a volcanic hellscape for almost the Solar System’s entire 4.57 billion-year ...
From its "absurd" core to the baffling chemical composition of its surface, Mercury is full of surprises – not least the ...