The universe may be teeming with life but what would alien biology really look like? In Part II of The Teeming Universe series, we explore fascinating speculative concepts about how life might evolve ...

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Scientists are revolutionizing the search for extraterrestrial life by challenging our somewhat Earth-centric assumptions ...

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NASA model predicts the life-hosting potential of remote planets and moon New habitability tool blends biology, chemistry, ...

Marine biology is the study of life in the oceans and brackish waters, which ranges from archaea and bacteria to marine mammals, and includes organisms such as corals that affect the shape of the ...

An international team of astronomers including researchers at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory has unveiled groundbreaking findings about the disks of gas and dust ...

The concept includes anatomy, physiology, cell biology, biochemistry and biophysics, and covers all organisms from microorganisms, animals to plants. Single-cell analyses defined the mechanisms by ...

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