Life
Earth’s Hardiest Bacteria Could Survive Hundreds of Millions of Years Just Under the Surface of Mars
A few years from now, a small capsule will enter Earth's atmosphere and float to the surface under a parachute.…
Early Life on Mars Might Have Wiped Out Life on Mars
Life might have wiped itself out on early Mars. That's not as absurd as it sounds; that's sort of what…
Nitrous Oxide, aka “Laughing gas”, Could be an Indication of Life in an Exoplanet
A team of astronomers have proposed to hunt for signs of life by looking for the signature of nitrous oxide…
NASA has Built a Collection of Instruments That Will Search for Life Inside Europa and Enceladus
Scientists at NASA JPL and Colorado University have created a new instrument for finding signs of life, called the Ocean…
Habitable Planets Will Most Likely be Cold, Dry “Pale Yellow Dots”
Remember all the habitable planets we've seen in science fiction movies? There's wintry Hoth, for example, and overwhelmingly hot Dune.…
It Appears That Enceladus is Even More Habitable Than we Thought
It takes a watery world to support life as we know it, but it also takes a special bit extra.
Alien Artifacts Could Be Hidden Across the Solar System. Here’s how we Could Search for Them.
Do aliens exist? Almost certainly. The universe is vast and ancient, and our corner of it is not particularly special.…
These Ancient Microbes Give a Glimpse of What Extraterrestrial Life Might Look Like
Will we discover simple life somewhere? Maybe on Enceladus or Europa in our Solar System, or further away on an…
Curiosity Finds Life-Crucial Carbon in Mars Rocks
We are carbon-based life forms. That means the basis for the chemical compounds that forms our life is the element…
Maybe We Don’t Hear From Aliens Because They Choose To Go Silent
How will humanity meet its end? That's only a depressing question if you think that humanity will go on forever.…