Scientists recreate Enceladus’s ocean and watch Earth microbes thrive
Laboratory experiments show that a methane-producing archaeon from Earth can grow under simulated Enceladus seafloor conditions at pH…
50 years ago, did NASA’s Viking landers destroy the Martian life they were searching for?
Nearly half a century after NASA’s Viking landers touched Mars, one question shadows their experiments: Did they miss…
Every building block of DNA and RNA has been found on an asteroid
A rock measuring 900 meters is on a journey through our solar system, providing what is arguably one…
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 Astrobiología, 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…