A field known as synthetic biology has become one of the most highly anticipated in science. Its outputs range from golden ...

Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed ...

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that certain lichen species can survive Mars-like conditions, including ...

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Experts have found long carbon chains, containing up to 12 consecutive atoms, in samples of Martian rock which date back billions of years. These organic molecules – the longest identified so ...