Artificial intelligence could easily fall into the trap of identifying non-life as life on other worlds, claim two ...

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Scientists reportedly discover an atmosphere around Earth-like planet LHS 1140b, 49 light-years away, raising hopes in the ...

The discovery shows that a large amount of plastic waste floating in the sea can become small ships of organisms, according ...

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A New Jersey meteorite that crashed into a house two years ago contains "salty" fluids that scientists say may be building blocks of life ...

A tiny ecosystem with a variety of organisms has been found in the cap of a plastic bottle recovered by a research ship of a Japanese government institution off Kochi Prefecture, western Japan. Inside ...