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Extreme Life

Europa’s Acidic Oceans May Prohibit Life

March 2, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter The more we explore our solar system, the more we find things in common. Jupiter’s frigid moon – Europa – is about the size of our satellite and – like Earth – home to some very hostile environments. Underneath what is [...]

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Mars Likely Not Ever Warm and Wet Enough for Life – At Least on Surface

November 2, 2011

Mars’ surface was probably not ever warm and wet long enough to support life, a new study published today in Nature concludes. But underground on the Red Planet might be a different story. By taking a look at several years of data from orbiting spacecraft and examining more than 350 sites on Mars, a team [...]

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Even the Early Universe Had the Ingredients for Life

October 6, 2011

For us carbon-based life forms, carbon is a fairly important part of the chemical makeup of the Universe. However, carbon and oxygen were not created in the Big Bang, but rather much later in stars. How much later? In a surprising find, scientists have detected carbon much earlier in the Universe’s history than previously thought. [...]

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Citizen Science: Help Find Life on Mars

September 30, 2011

Interested in helping NASA scientists pinpoint where to look for signs of life on Mars? If so, you can join a new citizen science website called MAPPER, launched in conjunction with the Pavilion Lake Research Project’s 2011 field season. How can the MAPPER and Pavilion Lake Research projects help scientists look for off-Earth life? Remove [...]

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All-Student Crew Lands at Mars Research Station

February 1, 2011

Headline from the future? Actually, it’s happening now, although not quite on Mars, but about as close as humans can currently get. Six college students are the latest crew to embark on a two-week stint at the Mars Desert Research Station, a simulated Mars habitat set up by the Mars Society located in the San [...]

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