A New NASA-Led Project Means the Search for Alien Life

Nexus for Exoplanet Systems Science, or NExSS project's mission is to be able detect extraterrestrial “biosignatures” using current and future technologies.

Scientists discover first super salty subglacial lakes in Canadian Arctic

Super salty water beneath ice could serve as a terrestrial analogue for a habitat for life on other planets.

Saturn's moon Enceladus has the ingredients to host life

Saturn's sixth-largest moon is incredibly far from the sun, but new research shows that it could probably sustain life.