A Most Unusual Lake – NASA Science
Scientists estimate that Earth is home to more than 100 million lakes. Among the most unusual is Lake…
ESA–NASA Omics Data Sharing Seminar – 11 March
Comparative Genomics – Image GitHub Join ESA and NASA on 11 March 2026 (16:00-18:00 CET) for a seminar…
Scientists Finally Found Something Tardigrades Can’t Survive
Tardigrades are tiny, endearing, and practically invincible. As it turns out, however, not even tardigrades can survive the…
Tardigrades and water reveal potential for food growth on Mars
Tardigrades have a reputation for being nearly indestructible. These microscopic animals, often nicknamed water bears, can dry out…
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…
Resurrecting Ancient Enzymes in NASA’s Search for Life Beyond Earth
NASA-supported scientists have resurrected an enzyme first used by organisms on Earth 3.2-billion years ago and, in the…
NASA Juno data reveals Europa has a surprisingly thick icy crust
Artist’s concept of Europa’s ice shell. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Europa has always been the Solar System’s most tantalizing “maybe.”…
Life in Europa’s ocean still possible, new research suggests
Is there life in Europa’s ocean? A new study suggests that chemical nutrients in the moon’s icy crust…
Powerful magnetic fields on super-Earths could boost chances of life
View larger. | This is an artist’s concept of a super-Earth with a deep magma ocean generating a…
New survey of nearest stars reveals best spots for life
View larger. | This is an artist’s concept of Kepler-186f, an Earth-sized exoplanet about 500 light-years from Earth.…
Flight Engineers Give NASA’s Dragonfly Lift
In sending a car-sized rotorcraft to explore Saturn’s moon Titan, NASA’s Dragonfly mission will undertake an unprecedented voyage…
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…