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Martian organisms might have hitched a ride to primordial Earth
Mar 7, 2026A new study has determined that certain life forms are capable of surviving a trip through space on an asteroid.
Ancient Martian organisms may be trapped in ice, study finds
Feb 25, 2026Evidence of ancient life on Mars might be found in a place where NASA's rovers have yet to explore.
26-ft-tall prehistoric structures may have been a whole new form of life
Jan 22, 2026Known as Prototaxites, these bizarre organisms had long proven challenging to categorize.
Scientists thaw out 40,000-year-old organisms trapped in Arctic ice
Oct 13, 2025These ancient life forms can help to teach us about the past, but is thawing them out really a good idea ?
Have scientists finally solved the 'chicken or the egg' paradox?
Nov 19, 2024A type of single-celled organism could be the key to answering the age-old conundrum of what came first.
Mystery marine creatures found washed up on beach
Jul 21, 2022Park staff at Cape Lookout National Seashore posted up images of the organisms to ask if anyone could help identify them.
Scientists make surprise Antarctic life discovery
Feb 15, 2021A recent ice-boring operation has revealed the discovery of organisms living deep beneath the ice shelf.
Gigantic string-like sea creature caught on film
Apr 8, 2020This huge rope-link organism - the largest of its kind ever recorded - was spotted off the coast of Australia.
Scientist 'almost certain' that Europa hosts life
Feb 8, 2020A leading British space scientist maintains that Jupiter's icy moon is very likely to be home to alien organisms.
Scientists identify organism that eats meteorites
Dec 7, 2019A microbe with an appetite for meteorites has shown that space rocks may be able to carry life across the cosmos.
Real-life 'blob' has 720 sexes but no brain
Oct 17, 2019A zoo in Paris has showcased one of the world's strangest organisms - a brainless, self-healing 'blob'.
Should we deliberately 'infect' Mars ?
Oct 1, 2019A new paper has suggested that we may have no choice but to spread microorganisms to the Red Planet.
ET 'habitable zone' is smaller than thought
Jun 12, 2019According to a new study, many planets in the so-called habitable zone can only support single-celled organisms.
Scientists create organism with altered DNA
May 15, 2019The live, lab-made microbe, which has a fully synthetic DNA code, is the first of its kind ever created.
Tracks of earliest mobile organism discovered
Feb 13, 2019Scientists have identified the fossilized tracks of a worm-like organism that lived 2.1 billion years ago.
Evidence of life found in deep Antarctic lake
Jan 19, 2019Scientists have discovered the remains of several types of organisms in a lake over 1km beneath the ice.
Hiking scientist discovers bizarre new microbes
Nov 18, 2018The organisms, which sit on a 'major new branch' of the tree of life, were found in woodland in Nova Scotia.
Is this the world's fastest-moving organism ?
VIDEO Aug 30, 2018A single-celled protozoan may actually be a lot faster than cheetahs, marlins or peregrine falcons.
Robot could search Mars for alien organisms
Aug 12, 2018NASA is investigating the possibility of sending a probe to Mars that could directly seek out alien life forms.
Microfossils suggest alien life may be common
Dec 22, 2017Scientists have identified a diverse group of organisms within fossils dating back 3.45 billion years.
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