What Happens When Deep Earth Life Stays Dormant for Thousands of YearsDeep subsurface microbes survive for millennia by entering suspended metabolism, drastically lowering energy needs and relying on chemical ...
20 Apr, 2026, 03.31 PM IST
There’s an Entire Living World Beneath Your Feet, And It Shouldn’t ExistScientists have discovered a vast microbial ecosystem kilometers deep within the Earth, thriving in extreme pressures and limited nutrients...
20 Mar, 2026, 06.17 PM IST
Inside Earth’s Oldest Rocks, Microbes Have Been Living in DarknessScientists have discovered vast microbial life deep within Earth's solid rock, challenging previous beliefs. These organisms, thriving in t...
23 Feb, 2026, 02.53 PM IST
Scientists Found an Ecosystem That Runs on Hydrogen Instead of SunlightScientists have discovered deep-sea and underground microbial ecosystems thriving without sunlight, powered by hydrogen gas produced throug...
22 Feb, 2026, 04.56 PM IST
Life on Mars, Saturn's moon Enceladus, Jupiter’s moon Europa? New study offers ray of hopeMars, Saturn's moon Enceladus, Jupiter’s moon Europa can hold life? Is there any chance? The study has offered new insights into the subjec...
20 Aug, 2025, 07.36 PM IST
Sun will die in 5 billion years but life could survive on Jupiter’s moon Europa; here’s howIn approximately five billion years, as the Sun transforms into a red giant, it will engulf Earth. However, a new study suggests this event...
04 Jun, 2025, 12.20 PM IST
Is Saturn’s icy moon Titan hiding 'tiny alien' life? Scientists explore a surprising possibilityA new international study suggests that microbial life, though scarce, could potentially exist in Titan's subsurface ocean. Researchers foc...
10 Apr, 2025, 04.01 PM IST
NASA's Europa Clipper blasts off today: Here's how, when to watch onlineNASA's Europa Clipper mission is set for launch on October 14, 2024, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The mission aims to explore Jupite...
14 Oct, 2024, 05.49 PM IST
NASA to send $5 billion Europa Clipper in October to find life under Jupiter moon’s ice and it's facing a 3-week challengeNASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, set to launch on October 10, will embark on a $5 billion mission to explore Jupiter’s moon, Europa. With ...
14 Oct, 2024, 05.20 PM IST
Defence ministry inks Rs 2,725 cr contract with MDL for refit of submarineThe defence ministry on Friday inked a Rs 2,725 crore contract with the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) for refit of submarine INS ...
30 Jun, 2023, 08.56 PM IST
The Red Planet deep under: Potential life on Mars likely lived below the surfaceUnderground heat would have been possible 4.1 bn years ago or in the Noachian era on Mars.
03 Dec, 2020, 02.34 PM IST
- NASA considers sending lander to Europa to search for life
Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) NASA is set to open discussions about a study that has proposed a system capable of landing on Jupiter's icy moon...
11 Feb, 2017, 11.25 AM IST
NASA may send robotic probe to Europa in search of lifeIn early 2016, NASA's Planetary Science Division began apre-Phase A study to assess the science value and engineering design of a future Eu...
10 Feb, 2017, 04.47 PM IST
- 'Mars-quakes' could produce energy source to support life
New York, Sep 21 (IANS) Rocks formed by the grinding together of other rocks during earthquakes are rich in trapped hydrogen and similar se...
21 Sep, 2016, 11.47 AM IST
NASA to explore Saturn's icy moons for alien lifeNASA scientists have proposed deploying a robotic system to explore the exotic environment of the subsurface oceans of Saturn's icy moons t...
25 Apr, 2016, 02.07 PM IST
Pluto may harbour alien life: UK physicistCox believes the tell-tale ooze of glaciers on Pluto's surface hints at the possibility of a subterranean sea warm enough to host organic c...
31 Aug, 2015, 05.34 PM IST
Organisms from Earth could survive on Mars: StudyMars could support life in the shape of methanogens, one of the simplest and oldest microorganisms found on Earth, a new study claims.
03 Jun, 2015, 01.11 PM IST