Astrobiology
The Puzzle of Planetary Protection
The recent announcement by NASA confirming the presence of liquid water on Mars pulls planetary protection into the spotlight and…
- Astrobiology
- Astronomy
- Exoplanets
- Extrasolar Planets
- James Webb Space Telescope
- Kepler Mission
- Planet News
More livable than Earth? New index sizes up the habitability of alien exoplanets
Researchers at the University of Washington's Virtual Planetary Laboratory have devised a new habitability index for judging how suitable alien planets…
Is There a Kraken in Kraken Mare? What Kind of Life Would We Find on Titan?
Could there be life on Saturn’s large moon Titan? Asking the question forces astrobiologists and chemists to think carefully and…
More Evidence That Comets May Have Brought Life to Earth
The idea of panspermia -- that life on Earth originated from comets or asteroids bombarding our planet -- is not…
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- Curiosity
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Mars
- Mars Science Laboratory
- NASA
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- Space Flight
The Martian Curiosity Looks Back on 1000 Sols of Exploration on the Red Planet
Looking back 1000 Sols on the Red Planet NASA’s Martian Curiosity rover looks backs to 1000 Sols of science and…
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” II: Questioning the Hart-Tipler Conjecture
Welcome back to our Fermi Paradox series, where we take a look at possible resolutions to Enrico Fermi's famous question,…
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” I: A Lunchtime Conversation- Enrico Fermi and Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Welcome back to our Fermi Paradox series, where we take a look at possible resolutions to Enrico Fermi's famous question,…
- Astrobiology
- Astronomy
- Earth
- ESO
- Evolution
- Infrared Astronomy
- Mars
- Mars Science Laboratory
- NASA
- Observatories
- Planet News
- Science
Mars Loses an Ocean But Gains the Potential for Life
It's hard to believe it now looking at Mars' dusty, dessicated landscape that it once possessed a vast ocean. A…
Who Speaks for Earth? The Controversy over Interstellar Messaging
Should we beam messages into deep space, announcing our presence to any extraterrestrial civilizations that might be out there? Or,…
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By Boots or Bots? How Shall We Explore?
With robotic spacecraft, we have explored, discovered and expanded our understanding of the Solar System and the Universe at large.…