Jupiter’s moon Europa has long looked like a frozen cue ball, its bright shell of ice hiding a global ocean that many astrobiologists see as one of the most promising places for life beyond Earth. New ...

Injecting far-flung ice-covered lunar oceans with earthly microbes to see how life is shaped may seem like the diabolical plot of a comic book supervillain. But researchers say that given the ...

An alien invasion capable of triggering catastrophic changes is underway across North America. At least 70 imported earthworm species have colonized the continent, and represent a largely overlooked ...

A new study proposes that seeding the orb’s underground ocean with microbes might help us learn how to make other worlds habitable Joshua Rapp Learn - Contributing Writer Injecting far-flung ...