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

Cosmic rays traveling through space may provide enough energy to sustain life even in incredibly cold and dark environments, a new study suggests. Reading time 2 minutes The search for alien life is ...

Recent research has uncovered a surprising twist in the search for extraterrestrial life: cosmic rays, typically seen as hazardous to life, may actually support alien life on cold, dark moons in our ...

A giant, 250,000-mile X-ray cloud has been found around the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, baffling experts. Discover why this ...

Milestone results released by the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) on November 16 have solved a decades-old mystery about the cosmic ray energy spectrum—which shows a sharp decrease ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...