Astrobiology
Astrobiologist, Nobel Prize Winner Baruch Blumberg Dies
[/caption] NASA's first director of the Astrobiology Insitute, and Nobel Prize winner Dr. Baruch "Barry" Blumberg has passed away at…
Claim of Alien Life in Meteorites Needs Further Review
[/caption] A recent paper published by a NASA scientist claims the discovery evidence of fossil bacteria in a rare subclass…
Plausibility Check – Habitable Planets around Red Giants
[/caption] While planets orbiting twin stars are a staple of science fiction, another is having humans live on planets orbiting…
More Asteroids Could Have Made Life’s Ingredients
[/caption] From a NASA press release: A wider range of asteroids were capable of creating the kind of amino acids…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Why Carbon?
[/caption] Last week’s AWAT Why Water? took the approach of acknowledging that while numerous solvents are available to support alien…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Why Water?
[/caption] The assumption that alien biochemistries probably require liquid water may seem a little Earth-centric. But given the chemical possibilities…
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“Astrobiology” Parody Video of Ke$ha’s “We R Who We R”
Wanna get turned on by … “Astrobiology” ?? Are we alone in the universe? Well check out just this newly-released…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 209: Exotic Life
We don’t like to cover news on Astronomy Cast, but sometimes there’s a news story that’s interesting, complicated, and rapidly…
Scientists from Arsenic Bacteria Paper Respond to Criticisms
Backlash from the "arsenic life" paper that was published on December 2, is still ongoing. Some of the criticism has…
Forests Might Be Detectable on Extrasolar Planets
[/caption] Excitingly, we’ve been able to detect the composition of atmospheres on a handful of planets orbiting other stars. But…