Electrons released when cosmic rays strike water-ice can provide energy for microbes and facilitate the formation of complex ...

Radiolysis May Facilitate Underground Life of Mars, Claim Researchers Astronauts and space scientists often look out for ...

Cosmic rays from deep space might be the secret energy source that allows life to exist underground on Mars and icy moons like Enceladus and Europa. New research reveals that when these rays interact ...

A recent investigation by researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi suggests that cosmic rays—high-energy particles that travel through space—might generate enough energy to sustain life beneath the surface of ...

A new study from NYU Abu Dhabi has found that high-energy particles from space, known as cosmic rays, could create the energy ...

“Mars could have had far more rivers than previously believed, which certainly paints a more optimistic view of ancient life on Mars,” Penn State geosciences professor Benjamin Cardenas, the ...

We might be looking for life on Mars in the wrong place, scientists suggest. Extraterrestrial life is more likely to be lurking in Mars' ice than on its rocky surface, according to a new paper in ...

NASA’s next mission to Mars will be its most advanced yet. But if scientists discover there was once life – or there is life – on the Red Planet, will the public be able to handle such an ...

No evidence of life has been found on Mars yet. Well, that’s the view of Joseph Michalski, an associate professor of earth sciences at the University of Hong Kong, who spoke to Live Science.

Mars microbial life would be unlikely to have much of a theological impact, Peters told LiveScience. Most religious traditions hold that life is the creation of God, but don't commit to an exact ...