One of the greatest scientific discoveries in history may be hidden beneath nearly 13,000 feet of Antarctic ice. Deep below ...

When people imagine alien life, they usually look toward the stars. But there is another unexplored world much closer to home ...

At the bottom of the Arctic Ocean is an ecosystem that has been isolated for the past 65 million years, since geological activity separated it from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Like the teeming ecosystems ...

We have no idea what kind of life may exist on other planets, so it’s hard to know what to look for. Proxima Kósmos imagines a very different kind of solar system that could harbor life-forms we haven ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...