Asteroids, comets, and clouds contain complex organic molecules that form in space and might have kickstarted life on Earth ...

Mars has two permanent polar ice caps of water ice and some dry ice, and a few patches of ice both on and under the surface.

In a discovery that could rewrite chemistry textbooks, scientists have found that Saturn’s largest moon Titan allows ...

Researchers simulated Martian permafrost and ice cap conditions in a laboratory, exposing *Escherichia coli* samples in pure water ice and water-sediment mixtures to cosmic radiation equivalent to 50 ...

Scientists have uncovered a mysterious relic from an area of the moon that has never been explored by humans until now.

NASA’s discovery of potential evidence of ancient life on Mars means “our galaxy could be teeming with life,” says a ...

A recent study suggests that chemical traces of ancient microbial life may still be preserved beneath Mars' icy surface.

Researchers recreated Martian conditions in a laboratory using E. coli bacteria and pure water ice. The samples were frozen ...

A NASA study shows bacteria fragments can survive 50 million years in Martian ice. Pure ice, not rock, could hold clues to ...

In the pure ice, over 10% of the amino acids survived this simulated exposure, but in the soil-bearing samples nearly all ...

Scientists reexamining data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have uncovered exciting new evidence from Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. The spacecraft detected complex organic molecules being blasted into ...

Ancient Martian life might be preserved in ice for millions of years, new research suggests. Experiments show pure ice acts ...