You don’t have to leave Earth to appreciate being alive. There are simple ways to cherish each day. By Jancee Dunn Mike Massimino used to complain about the weather when he was growing up outside New ...

What is life? Like most great questions, this one is easy to ask but difficult to answer. Scientists have been trying for centuries, and philosophers have done so for millennia. Today our knowledge is ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability An ...