Colorful life on exoplanets might be lurking in clouds
View larger. | Artist’s concept of a rocky planet like Earth with colorful microbes in its clouds. The…
NASA Cassini Study Finds Organics ‘Fresh’ From Ocean of Enceladus
Researchers dove deep into information gathered from the ice grains that were collected during a close and super-fast…
Was NASA’s ‘no life on Mars’ conclusion in the 70s wrong?
View larger. | NASA’s Viking 1 lander took this photo of surrounding rocks and sand dunes on May…
After 20 years of research, astronomers discover a planet that looks strangely like Earth
For years, many astronomers have been searching for exoplanets in the universe. And although some of them are…
Earth May Not Be So Special After All, New Study Finds
Illustration of exoplanet K2-18b. The planet is thought to have a thick gas envelope and no global ocean.…
Detection of organic compounds in freshly ejected ice grains from Enceladus’s ocean
Srama, R. et al. The Cassini Cosmic Dust Analyzer. Space Sci. Rev. 114, 465–518 (2004). Article ADS Google…
New research shows Mars’ Jezero crater was repeatedly habitable
View larger. | Enhanced color image from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showing part of Jezero crater. In the middle…
From City Lights to Moonlight: NASA Training Shows How Urban Parks Can Connect Communities with Space Science
When you think about national park and public land astronomy programs, you might picture remote locations far from…
Ceres once habitable according to new NASA study
This image of Ceres approximates how the dwarf planet’s colors would appear to the eye. This view of…
Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars
Farley, K. A. et al. Mars 2020 mission overview. Space Sci. Rev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00762-y (2020). Farley, K. A. et…
Our Galaxy’s Sweet Spot for Life Is Bigger Than We Thought
New simulations suggest the Galactic Habitable Zone isn’t fixed: when stars migrate across the Milky Way, the odds…
Life on Earth May Be Thanks to a Lucky Planetary Collision
Artistic illustration of the early formation phase of the Solar System. At that time, the young Sun (in…