Astrobiology
Earth Could Spread Life Across The Milky Way
[/caption] Most of us are familiar with the concept of panspermia - where living organisms can be "seeded" from comet…
Mars May Have Once Been a Cold, Wet World
[/caption] Many planetary scientists suspect that Mars, now cold and very dry, once had a liquid water ocean covering parts…
Microfossils Discovered On Earth Could Aid In Finding Ancient Life On Mars
[/caption] What does a more than three billion year old sandstone formation in Western Australia have in common with Mars?…
Replication of Arsenic Life Experiment Not Successful So Far
[/caption] One of the most vocal and ardent critics of the so-called ‘arsenic life’ experiment which was published in December…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – The Unlikeliness Of Being
[/caption] History has proved time and again that mathematical modelling is no substitute for a telescope (or other data collection…
Dramatic New NASA Animation Depicts Next Mars Rover in Action
[/caption] NASA’s next Mars rover, the Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory, will soon embark on a quantum leap in humankind’s scientific…
Packing a Mars Rover for the Trip to Florida
Check out this way cool time-lapse movie of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover as its being packed up for her trip…
Rocky, Low-Mass Planet Discovered by Microlensing
[/caption] In planet hunting today, there seems to be one burning question that nearly every new article published touches…
Red Suns and Black Trees: Shedding a New Light on Alien Plants
[/caption] The grass may definitely not be greener on some alien worlds, suggests a new study from the UK.…
Curiosity Mars Rover Almost Complete
[/caption] NASA’s massive ‘Curiosity’ rover is almost ready to begin the first leg of its long trek to the surface…