Ogden, Utah, April 16, 2016 (Newswire.com) - Microid is an alien bacteria simulator for Android, iOS and Windows that challenges players to design and conduct experiments. The game features dozens of ...

Earth plants could thrive under the light of an alien sun, according to a recent experiment. A team of astrobiologists planted garden cress seeds and cultured dishes of photosynthetic bacteria under ...

Saturn's moon Enceladus could harbour alien life in oceans deep beneath its frozen surface, according to a new study.

Astrobiologists in Germany are developing a new testing device that could help tease dormant alien microbes into revealing themselves — and its key ingredient is a common amino acid that’s found in ...

A bacterium that can not only withstand but thrive on arsenic has been discovered by NASA scientists at the bottom of a Californian volcanic lake. That the bacteria can live on such a toxic substance ...

It’s one small step for man, one potential giant leap for Martiankind. Scientists have identified a region on Mars that could support living organisms, potentially bringing us a step closer to ...

First NASA had quite possibly discovered an alien lifeform. Then it was an earth bacteria that has a unique kind of arsenic-based DNA - an entirely new kind of organism. Then it merely could use ...

Finding bacteria in extreme environments, like at thermal ocean vents or in the sulfur pools at Yellowstone, isn't all that novel. In 1991, remote-control robots brought out samples of pitch-black ...

Purple bacteria use infrared light for photosynthesis, offering a way to detect life on other planets through unique infrared signatures. Should you shut down your PC every night? Here's what it ...