“Building Blocks of Life” Discovered in Meteorite That Crash Landed in England
New research has been published on the organic analysis of the Winchcombe meteorite which crashed landed onto a driveway in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England in 2021….
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Gamma Rays and Meteorites: The Unlikely Duo That May Have Sparked Life on Earth
Even as detailed images of distant galaxies from the James Webb Space Telescope show us more of the greater universe, scientists still disagree about how…
Comet Collisions Could Seed Europa’s Ocean With Building Blocks of Life
Comet strikes on Jupiter’s moon Europa could help transport critical ingredients for life found on the moon’s surface to its hidden ocean of liquid water…
Earth’s Oldest Stromatolites and New Prospects for the Search for Life on Mars
Advanced 2D-3D insights into Earth’s oldest stromatolites. The oldest morphological traces of life on Earth are sometimes very controversial, both because non-biological processes may generate…
SOFIA Finds No Phosphine – a Potential Sign of Life – on Venus
Venus is considered Earth’s twin in many ways. However, recent observations made with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have now made one difference…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Discovers Possible Organic Compounds in Mars Crater Rocks
Rock samples from the Jezero crater analyzed by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover show evidence of liquid water and signatures that could be organic compounds. Analyses…
Scientists Discover the First Impact Crater in Spain
The crater was found in the province of Almeria. The first probable impact crater in Spain has been discovered in the southern province of Almeria….
Life on Mars: Ancient Bacteria Might Lurk Beneath Mars’ Surface
A new study finds the chances of uncovering life on Mars are better than previously expected. Researchers simulated Mars’ harsh ionizing radiation conditions to see…
Discovery Could Dramatically Speed Up the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Planets orbiting the most common star type may be uninhabitable. An Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf — the most abundant type of star in…
Tantalizing Science and Dangerous Hazards: NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Reaches Long-Awaited Salty Region
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover has arrived at a special region believed to have formed as Mars’ climate was drying. After trekking this summer through a…
Ancient Mars May Have Been Teeming With Life, Until It Drove Climate Change That Caused Its Demise
Early in its history, the red planet would have likely been habitable to methanogens – microbes that make a living in extreme habitats on Earth…
Discovery of Laughing Gas in Space Could Mean Alien Life
Exoplanet hunters should check for nitrous oxide — a possible biosignature. Something is missing from the typical roster of chemicals that astrobiologists use to search…
Life on Mars? Latest Intriguing Organic Findings by NASA’s Perseverance Rover
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Investigates Geologically Rich Mars Terrain The most recent discoveries provide greater detail on a region of the Red Planet that has a…
Could More of Earth’s Surface Host Life? Jupiter’s Orbit Is Key
Jupiter’s orbit shape plays key role on Earth that has been overlooked. Of all known planets, Earth is as friendly to life as any planet…
Samples of Asteroid Returned to Earth Reveal Possible Source of Water and Building Blocks of Life
Asteroids from the outer Solar System may have brought the building blocks of life to Earth. New research has revealed important new clues as to…
Bizarre Underwater Snow Gives Clues About the Icy Shell of Jupiter’s Moon Europa
Below the thick icy crust of Jupiter’s moon Europa is a massive, global ocean where the snow floats upwards onto inverted ice peaks and submerged…
Extraterrestrial Life: Ancient Microbes May Help Us Find Alien Life Forms
Light-capturing proteins illuminate Earth of billions of years ago. Scientists have reconstructed what life was like for some of Earth’s earliest organisms by using light-capturing…
Scientists Discover Blueprint for Life Forms on Mars
Genomic analyses of microbes from Canada’s Arctic provide insight into life forms that could survive on Mars. Under the permafrost of Lost Hammer Spring in…
