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Scientists Discover a New Way Exoplanets Could Make Oxygen; Unfortunately, it Doesn’t Require Life
Finding oxygen in an exoplanet's atmosphere is a clue that life may be at work. On Earth, photosynthetic organisms absorb…
Europa Could be Pulling Oxygen Down Below the Ice to Feed Life
Jupiter's moon Europa is a prime candidate in the search for life. The frozen moon has a subsurface ocean, and…
Future Mars Explorers Could be Farming Oxygen From Landscapes Like This
Viking’s biochemistry experiments have been among the most hotly debated scientific results of all time. The lander famously collected samples…
Mars Explorers are Going to Need air, and Lots of it. Here’s a Technology That Might Help Them Breath Easy
In situ resource utilization (ISRU) is still a very early science. Therefore, the technology utilized in it could be improved…
Nearby Supernovae Were Essential to Life on Earth
It's almost impossible to comprehend a supernova explosion's violent, destructive power. An exploding supernova can outshine its host galaxy for…
The Early Earth was Really Horrible for Life
Earth has had a long and complex history since its formation roughly 4.5 billion years ago. Initially, it was a…
Chefs on the Moon Will be Cooking up Rocks to Make air and Water
NASA has delayed their Artemis mission to the Moon, but that doesn't mean a return to the Moon isn't imminent.…
A Billion Years From now There won’t be Much Oxygen in the Earth’s Atmosphere
Breathe it while you still can. A new research study forecasts the future of oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere and…
Earth’s Oxygen Could be Making the Moon Rust
It takes oxygen to make iron rust. So when scientists discovered hematite spread widely through lunar high latitudes, they were…
New Data Show How Phytoplankton Pumps Carbon Out of the Atmosphere at an Enormous Scale
One of the most fascinating things about planet Earth is the way that life shapes the Earth and the Earth…