In one of the most baffling discoveries of the last decade, scientists have found a clue in a cave to how life might survive ...

With its long wavelength, near-infrared light is hardy enough to survive the limestone surroundings in the cavern: “The ...

When cave biologist Hazel Barton ventured into the pitch darkness, the last thing she expected to find were organisms harnessing energy from light. This new understanding of photosynthesis in the dark ...

An ancient Martian system of canyons and valleys could be home to archaic life forms, a ground-breaking scientific paper has found. Scientists investigating the Red Planet’s mind-boggling cave system ...

This means that, instead of the volcanic caves previously associated with Mars’ volcanic activity, these newly discovered pits are more likely to have been created by the interaction of water with the ...