The search for habitable worlds
Scientists identified 47 near-Earth stars as the most likely to have rocky planets with ideal surface temperatures for life.
Category: What might life look like elsewhere in the Universe?
What might life look like elsewhere in the Universe? How do we search for life?
Are Martian organics remnants of ancient life?
Scientists found that organic molecules in Jezero Crater on Mars are similar to both biological and non-biological organic matter on Earth.
Where did the galaxy get its carbon?
Researchers compared computer models with observations of stars in the Milky Way, and found that massive stars are the dominant source of…
Finding alien life with light signals
Scientists compared light reflected from Earth to light reflected from Mars, and found that planets with life produce more complex,…
The Sun’s twin star may have tilted the planets’ orbits
A scientist simulated the early solar system to determine how interactions between the Sun and other stars affected its planetary orbits.
Is Earth’s water why intelligent life evolved here?
A Columbia University scientist argued that the existence of humans provides strong evidence that intelligent life is more likely to evolve…
Clay minerals suggest a warm, wet past for Mars
Researchers studied clay deposits on Mars using tools aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and found evidence for a warm and humid past…
Searching for planets in a galaxy far away
Researchers surveyed over 20,000 stars thought to come from a nearby galaxy and found that no more than 1% harbored close-orbiting,…
What makes ‘chemically peculiar stars’ peculiar?
Scientists used a network of satellites to measure the rotational characteristics of 85 stars previously thought to have unique chemistries.
Could we find DNA on Mars?
Scientists used a highly sensitive DNA sequencing method to identify microbes from rock samples exposed to radiation levels equivalent to…