Since astronomers confirmed the presence of planets beyond our solar system, called exoplanets, humanity has wondered…
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.
Earth’s most arid desert may hold a key to finding life on Mars. Diverse microbes…
In a little more than a decade, samples of rover-scooped Martian soil will rocket to…
University of Delaware professors from astronomy, international relations, and psychology say what signs of life…
Are we alone in the universe? It is one of the most profound questions posed…
Asteroids have been orbiting the sun for thousands of millennia in deep space, standing as…
Recent science missions and results are bringing the search for life closer to home, and…
On September 14, 2020, a new planet was added to the list of potentially habitable…
Catherine Neish is counting the days until her space launch. While the Western planetary geologist…
The agency’s newest rover will use the first ground-penetrating radar instrument on the Martian surface…
During a 2012 expedition to Antarctica, a team of Japanese and Belgian researchers picked up…
Earth is not necessarily the best planet in the universe. Researchers have identified two dozen…
Researchers at the University of Bern have developed the highly sensitive ORIGIN instrument, which can…
Study shows the destabilizing effect of the giant gas planet. Venus might not be a…
ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft has discovered several ponds of liquid water buried under the ice…
Considering what we know about the key ingredients for life’s formation on Earth, here are…
PIXL, an instrument on the end of the Perseverance rover’s arm, will search for chemical…
Although Earth is uniquely situated in the solar system to support creatures that call it…