The search for life on Mars may have just gotten a whole lot more complicated.
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Scientists using data from NASA's Curiosity rover have measured the total organic carbon—a key component in the molecules of life—in Martian r
Scientists using data from NASA's Curiosity rover have measured the total organic carbon—a key component in the molecules of life—in Martian r
Scientists using data from NASA's Curiosity rover measured the total organic carbon - a key component in the molecules of life - in Martian ro
According to a new NASA laboratory experiment, rovers may have to dig about 6.6 feet (two meters) or more under the Martian surface to find signs o
Mars is littered with craters made by binary asteroids. These collisions are as intriguing as they are powerful.
Students and amateur sky watchers can now learn and train themselves in astronomy during a month-long online course.
Never-before-seen microbes living deep beneath the permafrost at one of the coldest and saltiest water springs on Earth could provide a blueprint f
These results have important implications for astrobiology, providing a mechanism for complex and carbon-rich molecules to be produced, transported
Planetary scientists are eager to bring Red Planet rocks, soil and even air to Earth, but critics fear the risk of contaminating our world’s biosph
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson today announced the launch of the Rensselaer Institute for Data, Artificial Intellig
When I thought about life already existing on other planets, it felt like more of a sci-fi pipe dream.
According to a new research, yes!
The space agency’s Perseverance rover spotted the metal foil-like item during a routine wander.
NASA's Perseverance rover is having a pretty busy weekend on Mars as the robotic explorer is busy finding signs of ancient life in the Jezero
Evidence suggests that carbon nanotubes, tiny tubes consisting of pure carbon, could be forged in the envelopes of dust and gas surrounding dying s
This sci-fi megastructure has captivated big thinkers for decades. A leading expert in astrobiology tells us how to construct one.
Signal came from, which was published in Cambridge University's peer-reviewed International Journal of Astrobiology.
In 1977, the Big Ear Radio Telescope at Ohio State University picked up a strong narrowband signal from space.
The report, published by Science and Technology Daily -- the official newspaper of the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology -- said the signa
How did life begin? The answer may lie in the hot springs of WA's arid northwest.
Some experts and even some of NASA's own leadership warn such an investigation could put the space agency's good name at risk.
NASA, Partner Establish New Research Group for Mars Sample Return Program.
Mission hints space rocks could have made life possible on Earth - Asteroids like Ryugu could have gifted Earth its water and the building blocks f
The search for life NASA has long been tasked with finding life elsewhere, which is why astrobiology programs are part of the agency’s focus, Zurbu
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft made by JAXA has returned samples from the Ryugu asteroid that contain 23 different types of amino acids.
Asteroid dust collected by a Japanese space probe contains organic material that shows some of the building blocks of life on Earth may have been f
Asteroid dust collected by a Japanese space probe contains organic material that shows some of the building blocks of life on Earth may have been f
A flagship mission to Enceladus was a surprise inclusion in last month's "Decadal Survey" recommendations to NASA.
The Pentagon has catalogued a number of UFO sightings over the past few decades. Now, NASA is getting involved
NASA study will have researchers identify existing UAP data, determine how best to collect UAP data and develop methods to study the nature of UAPs
But, what other extraterrestrial proof have seen recently, and has there been proof of life outside the earth?
Scientists made the first-of-its-kind detection by studying samples retrieved from the near-Earth asteroid by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agenc
On Thursday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that it's going to start working on a report about Unidentified Aeria
Earth won't suddenly run out of air in a single day; it'll be a much slower process.
Researchers believe they've found the chemical process that gave rise to RNA, and not only is it remarkably simple, it could have happened on
Nathan Yee is a NASA-funded researcher at Rutgers and is teaching a new class on astrobiology, the study of alien life, the university said.
Scientists at the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution announced today that ribonucleic acid (RNA), an analog of DNA that was likely the firs
A new study suggests that it may be possible to use free-floating planets to travel to distant galaxies.
More than fifteen months after landing in Jezero Crater on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has finally begun its hunt for ancient life in earnest.
Could an extraterrestrial civilization hitch a ride aboard a rogue planet to reach a new star system? The answer is yes, and here is how.
The schedule for Okeanos Explorer in FY24 has not yet been set.
Houston Community College researcher Irina Romanovskaya proposes that free-floating planets can be used as a means of interstellar travel for large
A new commission by Sean Procyk that takes shape as a floating platform for experimentally propagating hardwood and softwood trees
What if we thought of our ancestors as a form of alien life?
With the release of “Origins, Worlds, and Life: A Decadal Strategy for Planetary Science and Astrobiology 2023-2032,” the planetary science communi
A Mars sample return mission and launching a complex mission to Uranus are both top priorities, according to the recently released decadal survey f
In the paper published by International Journal of Astrobiology, Cambridge University Press, and titled "Migrating extraterrestrial civilizati
Throughout any given year, the National Academies convene hundreds of conferences, workshops, symposia, forums, roundtables, and other gatherings t