Life Aboard An Asteroid Can Survive Crash-Landing On Another Planet, New Study Suggests
‘Could we all be aliens?’, one of the central questions of panspermia, just received some experimental support, thanks…
Largest sulfur-bearing molecule ever found in space links interstellar chemistry to life
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany and the Centro de AstrobiologÃa, part of…
Scientists Have Discovered a Fascinating New Way Jupiter’s Moon Europa Could Support Life
Jupiter’s Moon Europa has long been viewed as a potential host for extraterrestrial life in our solar system,…
Scientists Just Mapped 16 Massive Martian Rivers That Defy Geological Rules by Flowing Without Plate Tectonics
Large drainage systems on Mars. Image from the study. We’ve known for a while that Mars was once…
NASA’s Hubble glimpses 3I/ATLAS again. See image of interstellar comet
New 3I/ATLAS images from NASA and the European Space Agency suggest the interstellar comet is active as it…
What did NASA find on Bennu? ‘Space gum,’ sugars needed for life
Samples from the asteroid Bennu are providing scientists with clues about how life may have started in our…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS heads toward Earth. How close will it get?
Here’s everything to know about 3I/ATLAS’s impending rendezvous with Earth and how you might be able to witness…
LifeTracer: New AI tool can help identify life in Martian samples
As space agencies prepare to bring home pieces of the Martian system, the hope of finding life elsewhere…
NASA to share new images of 3I/ATLAS today. Here’s how to watch
Ready to get a better look at 3I/ATLAS? Here’s what to know about the comet, and how to…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS approaches the sun. Here’s the latest
After 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to the sun, the comet is expected to remain out of view…
“This Contradicts a Rule in Chemistry”: Unexpected Discovery Reveals ‘Impossible’ Molecular Combinations Could Exist on Saturn’s Moon Titan
Impossible molecular combinations are possible on Saturn’s moon Titan, say researchers from NASA and Sweden’s Chalmers University of…
More Evidence Emerges That One of Saturn’s Moons Could Harbor Life
A recent study of Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has detected several organic compounds that had never been…