The key to determining which planets could host extraterrestrial life could be growing in the harshest deserts of Earth in the form of lichen. The secret to this discovery: the "world's best sunscreen ...

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A TOUGH lifeform could survive the brutal conditions of Mars. That's the verdict from scientists who spent five hours blasting it with a year's worth of Martian radiation. Lichens are common on Earth, ...

Learn why a lichen found in the Mojave Desert has become key evidence in the search for extraterrestrial life. Much like we lather on sunscreen to protect our skin, lichen growing in the desert has ...

The video points out several objects strewn among rocks that it suggests are the shape of fossilised bones in a number of locations. The footage also shows what it suggests is lichen growing on rocks, ...

If aliens do exist, would they have a skeletal structure like humans do? Online conspiracy theorists believe they know the answer after spotting what appears to be set of bones on the surface of MARS.

The newly confirmed presence of an “alien,” or non-native, mantis species on the Galápagos Islands has experts concerned about its impacts on the archipelago’s delicate ecosystem. Even more concerning ...

If aliens do exist, would they have a skeletal structure like humans do? Online conspiracy theorists believe they know the answer after spotting what appears to be set of bones on the surface of MARS.

“Alien” mantis species Liturgusa maya may have arrived in the Galápagos as a stowaway in agricultural material, according to a study. Getty Images/iStockphoto The newly confirmed presence of an “alien ...