The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 years later, she’s pursuing new research on the boundaries of life.

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Scientists are proposing ways to explore Venus in the next decade and beyond by way of a host of advanced technologies, from ...

Newly discovered Quipu, a superstructure in which galaxies group together in clusters and clusters of clusters, is the ...

A new study suggests that the explosive deaths of the universe's earliest stars created surprising quantities of water that ...

Researchers found How Violent Events During Earth's Formation Led to the Scarcity of Moderately Volatile Elements (MVE) Like ...

According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...

Learn why NASA's mechanical battery system outperforms lithium-ion in durability and precision for energy storage. NASA's ...