The National Strategy for Planetary Protection reflects the critical importance of planetary protection to the…
Browsing: Astrobiology
Astrobiology is the interdisciplinary science dedicated to exploring the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe. It combines insights from astronomy, biology, chemistry, planetary science, and geology to investigate fundamental questions such as how life began on Earth, whether it exists elsewhere, and what conditions are necessary for it to thrive. From studying extreme environments on our planet to analyzing data from Mars rovers and distant exoplanets, astrobiologists are pushing the boundaries of our understanding of life’s potential beyond Earth. This page highlights the latest discoveries, missions, and research in the rapidly growing field of astrobiology.
Called VENUS, the device will give scientists an unprecedented ability to study how molecules form…
During this next phase, the program will mature critical technologies and make critical design decisions…
Robust stellar flares might not prevent life on exoplanets, could facilitate its detection. Although violent…
Models Point to a Potentially Diverse Metabolic Menu at Enceladus Using data from NASA’s Cassini…
Scientists from Japan and the USA have confirmed the presence in meteorites of a key…
Stellar Flares With a Chance of Radio Bursts: The Weather From Proxima Centauri A discovery…
Just weeks after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft made a successful touch-and-go grab of samples from asteroid Bennu, researchers…
New clues lead to a better understanding of the evolution of the solar system and…
On December 6 local time (December 5 in the United States), Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 dropped…
A Japanese space mission will deliver samples collected from asteroid Ryugu in a capsule to…
An international study led by the University of Turku discovered phosphorus and fluorine in solid…
New study sheds light on subsurface melting of thick ice billions of years ago. The…
Massive explosions of energy happening thousands of light-years from Earth may have left traces in…
Scientists have theorized on the origin of the water plumes possibly erupting from Jupiter’s moon…
An international team of scientists has shown that glycine, the simplest amino acid and an…
A new model shows how brine on Jupiter’s moon Europa can migrate within the icy…
Planetary habitability, defined by a planet’s ability to sustain liquid water on its surface, is…