Astrobiology
Going Viral: Why Alien Signals Get Everyone Excited
So, that ‘strong’ signal from aliens everyone was so excited about this week? Turns out, it was probably something from…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sampling Probe Assembled at Florida Launch Base for Sep. 8 Blastoff — Cleanroom Photos
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - OSIRIS-Rex, the first American sponsored probe aimed at retrieving “pristine materials” from the surface of…
Aliens? “Strong” Signal Detected From Sun-Like Star Being Verified By SETI
We’re not saying its aliens, but this could be the most enticing signal from space since the famous “Wow! Signal”…
Why Haven’t We Found Any Aliens Yet?
A growing list of scientists believe life on Earth only came about because of a lucky series of evolutionary accidents,…
Viking: Remembering Humanity’s First Successful Mission On Mars Surface
We toast the 40th anniversary of the dual Viking missions to Mars this week. Time to celebrate an achievement that…
Alien Minds Part III: The Octopus’s Garden and the Country of the Blind
If we do discover that there are aliens orbiting other planets, will we know how to communicate with them? What…
Alien Minds Part II: Do Aliens Think Big Brains are Sexy Too?
Can we assume that aliens will evolve intelligence over the eons, and will this lead to other technological civilizations? Will…
Alien Minds I: Are Extraterrestrial Civilizations Likely to Evolve?
Paul Patton begins a three-part series on the evolutionary biology of aliens. Will they follow the same direction as life…
Three New Earth-sized Planets Found Just 40 Light-Years Away
Three more potentially Earthlike worlds have been discovered in our galactic backyard, announced online today by the European Southern Observatory. Researchers using the…
Peculiar ‘Cauliflower Rocks’ May Hold Clues To Ancient Mars Life
An Arizona State University research team hypothesizes that strange "cauliflower-shaped" rocks discovered by the Spirit Rover in 2008 may have…