Astrobiology
Lichen Can Survive in Space
Scientists have found that hardy bacteria can survive a trip into space, and now the list of natural astronauts includes…
Let’s Find Life
A recent conversation on the Bad Astronomy/Universe Today forum got me thinking. Member "parallaxicity" wanted to know where the next…
Building Life from Star-Stuff
There's a long chain of events that led from the collapse of our local cloud of gas and dust to…
Proof of Life?
This is part 2 of an edited transcript of a presentation given by Pamela Conrad, a NASA astrobiologist who has…
Zo? Heads Back to the Desert to Search for Life
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and NASA are preparing to head back to Chile's Atacama desert to search for evidence…
Mapping Life on Earth Could Predict Finding it on Mars
A researcher from Washington University in St. Louis is developing techniques that will help understand how early life developed and…
Where Does Intelligent Life Come From?
Biologists - and all parents - have a pretty good idea that "life begets life". Beginning with the most primitive…
Are We Alone?
The chances are very high that you will encounter another intelligent life-form in the course of your life and when…
Life Might Have Started in Fresh Water
By tracing back the family tree of cyanobacteria, a researcher from Washington University in St. Louis believes these tiny organisms…
Would We Mistake Signals from ET?
Researchers from the University of Michigan think that the current programs to search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) might not be…