Astrobiology
Salt Deposits on Mars Might Be the Right Place to Search for Life
Researchers announced today that they have discovered large salt deposits on the surface of Mars. These deposits point to places…
Making the Best First Impression, with Aliens
Did you know the SETI Institute has a Director of Interstellar Message Composition? I did not know that. I guess…
Meteorites Can Be Rich With the Ingredients of Life
How did life arise on Earth? How did we get from rocks and water to the abundance and variety that…
Germs Living in Space “Almost Three Times as Likely to Cause Disease”
In one experiment on board Space Shuttle Endeavor (STS-123) launched early this morning (at 2:28 am EST), the reaction of…
Do Advanced Civilizations Communicate with Neutrinos?
It's one of the biggest questions in all humanity: are we alone in the Universe? Either way, the answer is…
First Experiment Starts in ISS Columbus Module Testing Plant Growth
The brand new ESA Columbus Module installed on the International Space Station (ISS) by the STS-122 crew last week is…
Earth Life Forms Ejected on Asteroid Impact Could Survive and Return Again
Does this mean that, perhaps, we can go home again? If an asteroid or comet impacted Earth, the resulting ejection…
Titan has “Hundreds of Times More” Liquid Hydrocarbons Than Earth
According to new Cassini data, Saturns largest moon, Titan, has "hundreds" times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the liquid fossil…
Has a Signal from ET Really Been Detected?
Have you heard the news? A television station in Oakland California was reporting that researchers working with SETI@home discovered a…
Radioactive Hot Spots on Earth’s Beaches May Have Sparked Life
We've heard about life being created in a puddle of primordial chemical soup, sparked by lightning strikes, or organic molecules…