Searching for life in alien oceans may be more difficult than scientists previously thought, even when we can sample these ...

Scientists studying Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus, have discovered that its ocean forms layers that slow the upward movement ...

A new study focusing on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, shows that the physics of alien oceans could prevent evidence of deep-sea life from reaching places where we can detect it.

Using computer models similar to those used to study Earth's oceans, researchers say their findings have important ...

Water is ubiquitous and seemingly ordinary, possessing no distinct color or odor. Though we often take water for granted, it ...

The veteran HOV can now officially dive deeper into the sea, broadening the horizons of scientific discoveries under the ...

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...

Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By ...

Asteroid Bennu’s dust reveals amino acid precursors and ancient water traces, fueling hopes that Saturn’s moon Enceladus and ...