From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to come thick and fast. But when we've found it, how will we know for sure?

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Hong Kong marked a major milestone in scientific and industrial innovation with the inaugural Palladium Global Science Award, the first global award programme dedicated entirely to advancing the role ...

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A new study posted on the arXiv has suggested that aninterstellar object, previously thought to be a simple comet, could actually be covered in cryovolcanoes—erupting icy volcano-like structures. This ...

Scientists observing the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS are reporting unprecedented methane-related activity and carbon-rich chemistry, identifying a set of prebiotic molecules never before seen in an ...

Anchar Lake stretched across 19 square kilometres for centuries. Fishing families, nadru cultivators, and vegetable farmers ...

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It's been known for nearly a century that swarms of single-celled organisms thrive by consuming chemicals from their ...

Fresh JWST data and new models challenge methane hints on TRAPPIST-1e, showing the gas would be rare, unstable, and difficult ...

Methane often flies under the radar in conversations about clean air, but this invisible gas poses serious risks for our planet and our health.