Scientists examining a rock sample from outer space thought they’d hit the jackpot recently when they discovered that it was teeming with life. But they soon learned that the microbes actually ...

On day one of this administration, the president included his ambitions for Mars in his inaugural address, and again several weeks later to a joint session of Congress: “We are going to conquer the ...

Penn State researchers think a key ingredient for life may have formed in deep freeze, not in a warm asteroid puddle. A space sample with a new twist Scientists at Penn State; led by geoscientist ...

The question of how life started on Earth is rife with speculation, some ending with a delivery truck from space. Panspermia suggests that life or prebiotic molecules — the chemical building blocks ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 of them on an asteroid millions of miles away. The asteroid in question, ...

The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

"There are some instruments that just can't be miniaturized and sent to Mars." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space ...

Azenta (NasdaqGS:AZTA) has partnered with Frontier Space and Orbital Paradigm to bring its sample management technologies into space-based life sciences experiments. The collaboration includes ...

TRUE THE GO AHEAD FOR THE HIKES. TONIGHT, THE AXIOM FOUR ASTRONAUTS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. BUT BEFORE TODAY’S HISTORIC FLIGHT AND SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, UCF COLLEGE OF ...