NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will be carrying an instrument that may be capable of detecting signs of primitive life.
The titular character of the popular movie and its upcoming sequel suffers from an affliction that is based on a real-life condition.
The SpaceX CEO has some ambitious plans to build a thriving city on the Red Planet within as little as 20 years.
It's not quite on par with Harry Potter's invisibility cloak, but it is another step in the right direction.
Venus might not seem like a particularly hospitable place, but its atmosphere could support some forms of life.
A newly identified ancestor of modern day frogs has been named after Jim Henson's iconic green Muppet.
Photographs of these peculiar jelly-like objects were recently shared on social media by state wildlife officials.
Paul Alexander was forced to live almost his entire life inside the metal capsule after contracting polio as a young child.
Scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough that could help to bring mammoths back to life.
NASA's Juno spacecraft has sampled Europa's atmosphere and discovered less oxygen than had been expected.
The wildlife that still frequents the Chernobyl exclusion zone seems to have undergone some unusual biological changes.
A new study has painted a worrying picture of what could happen if the Gulf Stream was shut down by climate change.
The discovery provides further proof of life's ability to thrive in extremely deep, high-pressure environments.
Scientists are finding new ways to interact with someone who is sleeping via lucid dreaming.
A Japanese macaque that escaped from a wildlife park in Scotland had been giving local authorities the runaround for days.
Samples collected from Jezero crater may contain fossil evidence of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet.
A newly identified species of birdlike dinosaur has offered up a glimpse of life before the asteroid strike.
For a while now, rumors have circulated about the discovery of an exoplanet with strong signs of life.
Assistant Professor Peter Crockford takes a look at how much life has inhabited this planet since the first cell appeared.
Known as Gigantopithecus blacki, this enormous primate was the largest of its kind ever to walk the Earth.