Category: Astrobiology & Space Science

In September, a research group broke the internet when they said they discovered a molecule called phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus.…

This article explores incentives for projects spanning millennia, and determines which of those incentives would provide the most successful…

Water has molded our planet into what it is today, in ways you may not have imagined! #water #waterislife

Can teachers get students in underrepresented, disadvantaged communities to feel excited about science if they get to participate in real…

How do we find the effects of extreme #space radiation on human health? Answer lies with yeast in your bread! @NASA scientists are launching…

Were metabolic pathways established before life emerged? New experiments observe life-like patterns self-propagating on #mineral surfaces.…

Maybe you didn't have a stellar childhood, but stars definitely did. (Get it?) Learn about a major research project that investigated one…

Extremophiles can literally survive in many conditions, even in the extreme radiation of space. Read this article to learn how extremophiles…

How do scientists look for life in the universe? Usually they look for gasses that would support life, and assume anything toxic to us would…

How can amino acids, lipids, and other metabolites help scientists with life detection in space? #Astrobiologists look at how our cells…

Sciworthy