Tidal Heating Suggests Less Habitable Planets
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…
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…