Researchers have developed the Smaller Than Earth Habitability Model (STEHM) to assess which planets can maintain ...

Scientists warn that humanity may already be overlooking signs of extraterrestrial life due to limitations in current ...

For decades, the search for extraterrestrial life has revolved around a simple rule: follow the water. If a distant planet has liquid water, and perhaps oxygen, it is flagged as potentially habitable.

Extremophiles are organisms that can survive in unimaginably hostile environments. From the deepest ocean depths to the peaks ...

October is Space Month. At Duke University, space research is more than just science — it's a bold journey across disciplines. This is the third in a series of stories featuring innovators, dreamers, ...

In a blow to anyone dreaming that complex life may exist elsewhere in the universe, a new study suggests we're unlikely to find it around many of the most common stars in the galaxy. Earth-like ...

Earth may have won a cosmic chemistry lottery. Researchers found that during the planet’s earliest formation, oxygen had to be in an extremely narrow “Goldilocks zone” for two life-essential elements, ...