A University of Arizona professor is optimistic about finding life on a newly discovered planet located in the Alpha Centauri system, which is the closest solar system to ours. The planet is believed ...

Jupiter’s moon Europa has long been a favorite in the search for life beyond Earth, and fresh data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft is sharpening that intrigue. New analyses of the moon’s ice shell, hidden ...

In collaboration with researchers from Toho University in Japan, NASA researchers have used supercomputers to model and determine how long life will remain possible on Earth. The calculated end date ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has found potential evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars. Scientists must bring the rock to Earth for further study, but three key features make it promising. The ...

A promotional poster for "The Big Door Prize" (Credit: Apple TV+). Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy, a newsletter from the Daily Yonder focused ...