Biologists Want NASA to Build a Quarantine Lab for Alien Germs on the Moon
International concerns over Earth possibly contaminating distant worlds with microbes—or our spacecraft potentially bringing a deadly alien pathogen…
Which is the most common type of planet in the galaxy? Scientists reveal ‘super-Earths’ |
According to Kepler observations, the most abundant kind of planets in the Milky Way is the super-Earths. These…
‘Doomsday’ Asteroids Could Have Kickstarted Life on Our Planet
Doomsday meteors get a bad rap. For decades, these poor rocks have been tarnished in the press and…
Hydrogen atmospheres keep rogue moons warm for billions of years
A new study led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and Giulia Roccetti of…
Did Life Begin as Slime? Scientists Propose Novel ‘Gel-First’ Origin of Life Theory
Long before the first cell divided, before DNA carried genetic instructions, and before membranes enclosed the chemistry of…
Animal life unlikely around a third of stars in the galaxy, study says
Back to Article List While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study…
Here’s where NASA is looking for alien life in our solar system
“If you ask the question—how complicated can non-biological chemistry get?—the answer is biological chemistry, because biological chemistry comes…
Scientists discover potential water-formed karstic caves on Mars for first time
A team of scientists from Shenzhen University in China has discovered the first evidence of a new type…