A new study could help identify ancient signs of cryovolcanic activity. This, in turn, could help guide the search for ...

While popular culture commonly depicts extraterrestrial life as little green men with large, oval-shaped heads, it’s most ...

UMass Amherst microbiologist James Holden brings decades of expertise in rare microbes to a NASA mission searching for life ...

The hydrothermal microbes Holden studies thrive in lightless, oxygen-less conditions a mile or more beneath the ocean’s surface.