A robotic arm from the deployed sampling equipment on the seafloor. All photos courtesy of M. McCarthy. Researchers have found compelling evidence for an extensive biological community living in ...

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Deep beneath the ocean's surface lies Earth's largest carbon reservoir: marine sediments that have accumulated organic matter over millions of years. Long assumed to be permanently "locked away," this ...

Recently, NASA revealed exciting details of new findings from Mars. Scientists have discovered tiny patterns of unusual ...

Schematic for redox chemistry driven by mechanical processes in the deep subsurface on rocky planets. (A) The formation of habitable environments in the subsurface as silicate crusts are reworked by ...

Two recent discoveries in astrobiology challenge many of our assumptions about an integrated biological community on Earth. At the microbial level, it seems that there may be previously hidden ...

High pressure and High pressure environments -- High pressure: molecules, chemical processes and cellular structures -- The high pressure micro-environment of vertebrate load bearing joints- Effects ...

India’s first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, earns a UNESCO tag for its rare ecosystem, wildlife, ...

Chinese researchers have recently challenged the long-held belief that "all life depends on sunlight." In a study published in Science Advances, the researchers identified how microbes in deep ...