Astrobiology
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…
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…
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…
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”…
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…
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…
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.…
Ice Caves Possible on Mars
[/caption] New results published in the journal Icarus suggest that caves on Mars may provide future astronauts with more than…
Alien Life on Titan? Hang on Just a Minute…
[/caption] Two papers released last week detailing oddities found on Titan have blown the top off the 'jumping to conclusions'…
Are We Contaminating Mars?
[/caption] With Mars seemingly the destination of choice in NASA's future, researchers are taking a look at what kinds of…