Astrobiology

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…

14 years ago

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…

14 years ago

“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…

14 years ago

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…

14 years ago

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…

14 years ago

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…

14 years ago

NASA Finds a “Weird” Kind of Life on Earth

No, NASA has not found life on another planet, but has found life here on Earth that is almost “alien”…

14 years ago

Habitable Environments Could Exist Underground on Mars

[/caption] Data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests that there could be habitable environments underground on Mars – in the…

14 years ago

Titan’s Atmosphere Could Produce Building Blocks of Life

[/caption] Saturn’s moon Titan has long been thought to be an analog of early Earth, and a recent experiment demonstrates…

14 years ago

Is There Life On Other Planets

[/caption] Is there life on other planets? That has been a question raised from the early beginnings of science fiction.…

14 years ago