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NASA scientist says there could be microbial life hiding in dark craters on the moon's south pole
Extreme microbes on Earth have demonstrated they can survive harsh conditions similar to the lunar …
Jessica Orwig
Wildfire smoke could turn this weekend's full Buck Moon an ominous blood red
This false blood moon won't turn red because of a lunar eclipse. It's because wildfire smoke is fil…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
5 of the wildest experiments tardigrades have survived in the name of science
The extremely hardy (and cute) tardigrades thrive in harsh environments ill-suited for most life, i…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
Deep below Alaskan ice, tiny life forms went untouched for 50,000 years. Scientists are probing them to improve the hunt for aliens.
Titan, specifically, is a prime candidate in the ongoing search for signs of extraterrestrial life.…
Aylin Woodward
These weird animals make scientists think that life could thrive on one of Jupiter's moons
Only first discovered in 2012, the shrimp are not well understood. But last November, a team of sci…
Jessica Orwig
8 remarkable discoveries that make this beautiful moon of Saturn an ideal place to detect aliens
Earlier this week, Cassini took a detour to fly extremely close to Enceldus - just 30 miles above t…
Jessica Orwig
Scientists found an underground cave on the moon where astronauts could live and think there may be hundreds more
Scientists have discovered that the moon contains a vast underground cave on the side of a deep pit…
Jessica Orwig,Morgan McFall-J…
The Moon and Earth shared the same magnetic field 3.5 billion years ago shows new NASA study
The shared magnetic field situation, with Earth and Moon's magnetospheres joined, could have per…
A group of tardigrades crashed into the moon in April. The indestructible critters could still be alive.
But because tardigrates can survive in extreme environments, it's likely these tiny astronauts are …
Aylin Woodward
A discovery on one of Saturn's moons just changed how we think about life
So how did these researchers find vents under miles of ice? Using the instruments on board the Cass…
Jessica Orwig
China just launched a mission to the moon to collect rock samples — the first time a country will have done so in more than 40 years
The Chang'e-5 mission is the latest step in China's ambitious plan to land on and study the moon. T…
Susie Neilson
GOLDMAN SACHS: These 13 stocks are set to soar
The past few months have been extremely challenging for investors. After returning 11% through the …
Ethel Jiang
Pink's husband Carey Hart says their 3-year-old son was taking baths '4, 5 times a day' to bring his temperature down while battling COVID-19
"He was up around 102, 103 for, God, like a solid two going on three weeks straight," the former pr…
Claudia Willen
Scientists launch JUICE mission to explore Jupiter's icy moons
Could we discover conditions necessary for life outside the Earth in the solar system? This is one …
PTI
The best places to watch tonight's stunning meteor shower
Those brighter ones that Sky and Telescope is referring to will likely be what experts call fi…
Jessica Orwig
Astronauts are testing NASA's new spacesuits underwater as the agency pushes toward the next moon landing
NASA wants to get astronauts on the moon by 2024. Before that, the agency must make sure its spaces…
Susie Neilson
Here's what aliens living on Jupiter's beautiful moon Europa might look like
Last November, a team of scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory studied one of the world'…