Move over meat, scientists have engineered a fungal organism that produces protein more efficiently than conventional ...

Saturn’s small icy moon Enceladus has quietly moved to the center of the search for life beyond Earth, and the latest ...

ANSTO will participate in a New Zealand Marsden project which will search for chemical clues linked to the origins of life on ...

Lettuce grown in space loses calcium, raising concerns about critical nutritional risks for future missions to Mars.

Experts debunk the turkey tryptophan myth, revealing the real causes of Thanksgiving drowsiness and simple strategies to stay ...

On Sunday November 2, people in eastern Victoria witnessed a bright streak across the sky followed by a loud sonic boom that felt like an earthquake. The event was captured by security cameras and ...

NASA is exploring edible insects like mealworms and crickets for long-duration space missions to the Moon and Mars. These ...

A mission to search for the origin-of-life on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, will be aided by University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers ...

NASA’s Phoenix mission in 2008 was the first to excavate down and capture photos of ice, pictured here, in the Mars equivalent of the Arctic Circle. Credit: NASA ...

Lab tests reveal amino acids can survive millions of years in ice Pure ice shields biomolecules from harsh Martian radiation exposure Future Mars missions may target ...

For decades, Mars has tempted scientists with its icy surface and quiet promise of life. Now, a new study suggests that fragments of ancient microbes might still rest frozen in Martian ice, preserved ...