Instead of using chlorophyll, the green organelle that most plants have today used for photosynthesis, purple bacteria uses ...

Purple bacteria that thrive in low-energy red or infrared light with a simpler method of photosynthesis could cover another ...

The relentless search for a habitable planet beyond our solar system might have taken a significant leap forward. Researchers ...

Earth is a rather special place, quite unlike the other planets in the solar system. It’s nestled at the perfect distance from the sun to allow our water to remain liquid and for life to ...

A recently discovered planet about 1,200 light-years away might be more habitable than Earth, according to scientists.

Astronomers have spotted an intriguing "super-Earth" orbiting its red dwarf star inside the habitable zone, meaning it could likely host liquid water on its surface, a key factor for the potential ...

Siobhan Marshall, lives at a property with her three children and has been reporting issues with her council regarding damp ...

WEATHERFORD — Parker County commissioners added a minimum distance requirement between homes and wellheads to improve safety ...

Mars may have been habitable for millions of years longer than previously thought before it finally dried out, scientists believe. The surface of the red planet was once covered in oceans ...

We found the world that Herbert had created, well before climate models even existed, was remarkably accurate – and would be habitable, if not hospitable. However, Arrakis wasn’t always a desert.

The thickness of ice shells covering our solar system's ocean-bearing moons could provide hints about whether these mysterious bodies may harbor life, a new study suggests. The study, led by ...