NASA Study Warns It’s Easier Than Expected for Astronauts to Contaminate the Moon
People might have told you that the Moon is something of a harsh mistress. Putting aside what you…
Meteorite That Smashed Through a New Jersey Roof Hid an Ancient Chemical Secret
Artist illustration (using ChatGPT) of a CM-type carbonaceous chondrite parent body asteroid with a near-surface brine deposit exposed…
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…
Advancing the search for technosignatures
Schwieterman, E. W. et al. Astrobiology 18, 663–708 (2018). Article ADS Google Scholar Wright, J. T. et al.…
Scientists Challenge a Fundamental Assumption About Consciousness
Could consciousness exist without a brain like ours? Philosophers at the University of California, Riverside argue that consciousness…
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…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be a fragment of a 12-billion-year-old planetary system
As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS moved away from the Sun in December 2025, an international team led by Martin…
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…
Astronomers discover a super-Earth that may have an atmosphere orbiting a red dwarf
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing an exoplanet and two red stars. Astronomers have recently discovered a…
Scientists Stunned by New Organic Molecules Found on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed “Mary Anning” after a 19th century English…
Why Most Alien Worlds May Be Too Dry for Life
This image of Venus taken by NASA’s Mariner 10 spacecraft (left) is paired with an artist’s depiction of…