Electrons released when cosmic rays strike water-ice can provide energy for microbes and facilitate the formation of complex ...

A new breakthrough has come to the fore regarding the search for extraterrestrial life in space. A recent research study has ...

But this new research challenges that idea. Led by Dimitra Atri, head of the Space Exploration Laboratory at NYUAD’s Center ...

Learn about cryovolcanism, which shapes the surface of icy moons in the outer Solar System by releasing water that ...

Learn how cosmic rays, normally seen as a threat to humans in space, may be sustaining life beneath the surface of Mars and ...

Life may be able to survive beneath the surface of Mars and other planets because of energy generated by cosmic rays, ...

Life doesn’t always need sunlight. In fact, in some of the coldest, darkest places in the solar system, the spark for life might come from something far more extreme: cosmic rays. A new study led by ...

Cosmic rays from deep space might be the secret energy source that allows life to exist underground on Mars and icy moons like Enceladus and Europa. New research reveals that when these rays interact ...

A recent study from NYU Abu Dhabi suggests that cosmic rays could provide the necessary energy for life to exist beneath the ...

A new study from NYU Abu Dhabi has found that high-energy particles from space, known as cosmic rays, could create the energy ...

A new study suggests that cosmic radiation could potentially provide the energy to kick-start extraterrestrial life deep ...

A new study could help identify ancient signs of cryovolcanic activity. This, in turn, could help guide the search for ...