Extraterrestrial Life
What are the Odds of Life Emerging on Another Planet?
A new study by Prof. Kipping of Columbia University indicates that extraterrestrial life should be statistically significant, even if intelligent…
Five Snapshots of how the Earth Looked at Key Points in its History Could Help us Find Habitable Exoplanets
A study by Cornell's Carl Sagan Institute provides models of how Earth looked like over time, which could help us…
Why Does Enceladus Have Stripes at its South Pole?
A study led by the Carnegie Institute of Science has determined why Enceladus' has its mysterious Tiger Stripes.
Finally! Scientists Find a Place on Earth with Liquid Water But No Life
In recent years research into extremophiles has captured the interest of astrobiologists. The discovery of lifeforms in some of Earth's…
Earth is an Exoplanet to Aliens. This is What They’d See
A team of Caltech researchers developed a new method that shows what Earth would look like to extra-terrestrial observers, which…
AI Could Help the Europa Clipper Mission Make New Discoveries!
A team of NASA scientists recently developed a series of machine learning algorithms that could help the Europa Clipper find…
A Star’s Outburst is Releasing Organic Molecules Trapped in the ice Around it
A new study by an international team of astronomers has discovered the presence of organic molecules in the disk of…
Are There Enough Chemicals on Icy Worlds to Support Life?
A new study by researchers from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics indicates that the chemicals necessary for life as…
How Badly Will Humanity Freak Out if We Discover Alien Life?
Scientists at Arizona State University wanted to find out what peoples' reactions would be to the announcement of the discovery…
The Mars Project! Von Braun’s Ideas for a Mars Mission. Collaboration with Vintage Space
In a special two part episode, Fraser collaborates with space historian Amy Shira Teitel at Vintage Space to investigate what…