Planets in Habitable Zones of M Dwarfs May Have Burned Away Chances for Life
New research reveals that planets in the habitable zone of low-mass stars may have long since lost their chance at hosting life because of intense…
New research reveals that planets in the habitable zone of low-mass stars may have long since lost their chance at hosting life because of intense…
Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory reveal that the extreme oasis of life deep in the Caribbean Sea may hold clues to life on other…
An unusual feature embedded deep within a fragment of a Martian meteorite is helping to make the case for the possibility of life on Mars….
Using an altitude-dependent photochemical model with the enhanced lower boundary conditions necessary to carefully explore abiotic oxygen and ozone production on lifeless planets with a…
Using the FourStar imager at Las Campanas Observatory, scientists have discovered evidence of water ice clouds on a newly discovered brown dwarf WISE J085510.83-071442.5 (W0855)…
A new study reveals that radio signals generated from Jupiter could help researchers scan its giant moons for extraterrestrial life. Powerful radio signals that Jupiter…
A new study reveals that the chemistry of a star’s protoplanetary disc could influence the later composition of planetary atmospheres. Born in a disc of…
A new study describes how electrical energy naturally produced at the sea floor might have given rise to life, assembling decades of field, laboratory, and…
New research from astrobiologists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center reveals that large amplitude, high frequency obliquity oscillations on Earth-like exoplanets can suppress the ice-albedo…
Researchers have developed an experiment to help explain and recreate the extreme conditions of the fluid reservoirs in the crust of Europa. Water, salts, and…
A newly published study reveals that habitable zones near red dwarf stars may be smaller than previously thought. The researchers believe that the exoplanets orbiting…
With the aid of computer simulations of the chemistry of Earth’s own atmosphere that isolate what are called “dimer molecules,” astronomers developed a new method…
NASA scientists have discovered evidence of past water movement throughout a Martian meteorite known as Yamato 000593. A team of scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space…
New updates to the PAH Infrared Spectroscopic Database allow scientists to map the distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and track its role across the universe….
Researchers at Goddard’s Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory have developed a new technique to search space dust for molecules that are critical for life. While the origin…
A newly published study states that searching for life on Earth-like planets may be a mistake and details why scientists need to consider non-Earth-like “superhabitable”…
Using computer models of the climates and biospheres, astrobiologists are researching how signs of life might look on dying planets. If life does exist anywhere…
In a newly published study, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute reexamine the unipolar induction mechanism for heating asteroids, detailing how biomolecules were once able…