Scientists Thought Mars’s North Polar Ice Was 25% Dust. They Were Way Off
When NASA’s Mars Phoenix mission successfully sampled ice from the Martian arctic regions, it made astrobiological history. This…
Rainstorms billions of years ago may have created habitable hotspots on Mars
A new global model suggests ancient Mars did not receive prebiotic formaldehyde evenly. Rainfall and atmospheric water vapor…
UK’s £3 Million Bet Could Help NASA Find Life on Nearby Planets
A conceptual design of the Habitable Worlds Observatory. Credit: NASA A £3 million investment could help secure a…
New findings complicate the search for life beneath Europa’s ice
Water trying to rise from Europa’s ocean would likely cool quickly and begin freezing inside cracks.Tiny ice crystals…
In July 2028 NASA launches a car-sized, 1,000-pound nuclear drone toward Saturn’s moon Titan, a six-year, $3.35 billion trip to a world where the air is four times denser than Earth’s, gravity is one-seventh as strong, and flying is the easy part.
The upcoming Dragonfly mission is unlike any planetary mission NASA has ever attempted. Instead of another slow-moving rover,…
Advancing the search for technosignatures
Schwieterman, E. W. et al. Astrobiology 18, 663–708 (2018). Article ADS Google Scholar Wright, J. T. et al.…
Could alien minds be conscious? A new paper says yes
A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption…
NASA Moon Base Could Become Earth’s First Defense Against Alien Microbes
Scientists say the Moon could serve as Earth’s first biological shield by housing a secure facility for quarantining…
Ancient Martian rocks preserve complex organic carbon
Scientists using NASA’s Perseverance rover have detected complex organic carbon in rocks from Jezero Crater, adding to…
Why Mars May Remain Uninhabitable for Centuries
Realistic image of a completely terraformed Mars. Credit: Daein Ballard Making Mars Earthlike is not impossible in principle,…
NASA Finds New Way Earth May Have Received Elements Needed for Life
NASA-supported scientists have provided new information about how the early Earth may have acquired some elements necessary for…
From Collaboration to Curation: Building NASA Astrobiology’s Living Bibliography in SciX
Building NASA Astrobiology’s Living Bibliography in SciX Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from SciX blog post By…