Chemical Makeup Impacts Evolution of the Host Star and Habitability of Planets That Orbit It
Newly published research from scientists at ASU suggests that the host star’s chemical makeup has a substantial impact on the evolution of the host star…
Newly published research from scientists at ASU suggests that the host star’s chemical makeup has a substantial impact on the evolution of the host star…
Using sodium gas signatures, which have been recognized as being associated with type Ia supernovae, a team of scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science…
By analyzing the amino acids in meteorites, NASA and University scientists have developed one possible explanation for why all known life uses only left-handed versions…
NASA’s Kepler mission discovered a world where two suns set over the horizon instead of just one and now astronomers from Penn State have precisely…
Scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science discovered that a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite, which is believed to be from Mars, contains reduced carbon molecules. While…
Tidal heating, which is basically the gravitational heating of a planet via tides, suggests that the number of habitable planets could be roughly half of…
Tardigrades are microscopic animals, which are among the few lifeforms on Earth capable of surviving the intense radiation, temperature extremes, and complete vacuum of outer…
While analyzing samples from carbon-rich meteorites with minerals that indicated they had experienced high temperatures, scientists found amino acids, which gives support to the theory…
Researchers have discovered a veritable microbial oasis, under the Atacama Desert in Chile. The region is known for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), but…
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has finally returned with some strong evidence of Martian oceans. Using its MARSIS radar, it detected sediments reminiscent of…
Trace elements in extrasolar systems might influence the evolution of habitable zones around their stars, where carbon-based life as we know it might dwell. Most…
In the old days it used to be largely guess-work when determining which alien worlds might be most livable, but not anymore. These days we…