09 June 2017
Key ingredients to life found around Sun-like stars
... puzzle in understanding how life came about on our planet,” said Rafael Martín-Doménech at the Centro de Astrobiología in Madrid, Spain, and Víctor M. Rivilla, at the INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri in Florence, Italy. Martín-Doménech...
25 February 2019
Scientists create DNA-like molecule to aid search for alien life
... and, therefore, more effective search for life beyond Earth,” said Mary Voytek, senior scientist for Astrobiology at NASA Headquarters. The research is a major contribution in its own right in understanding the fundamental role that information...
20 November 2019
Insects on Mars, fungi on Venus. Evidence is presented for life on our neighbouring planets
... Rosomer. “It also represents a solid justification for further study." Meanwhile, in a different study, Rhawn Joseph at the Astrobiology Associates of Northern California San Francisco, Sant Cruz, has presented evidence for the possibility of life...
09 March 2020
Organic molecules found on Mars could be consistent with early life, says study
... (non-living) – to determine the thiophene’s possible origin. Their results, published in a new paper in the journal Astrobiology, suggests that biological processes, most likely involving bacteria, are behind their existence in the Martian mud ...
29 April 2020
Scientists discover ancient nitrogen-bearing organic material in martian meteorite
... gas in the atmosphere, nitrate is the only biologically useful form of nitrogen on Mars. Its presence therefore is of major astrobiological significance. Nonetheless, its discovery in the Allan Hills (ALH) 84001 meteorite doesn’t solve the question...
19 June 2020
US firm offers flights to edge-of-space under high-tech balloon
... institutions and organisations to conduct studies on, amongst other things, atmospheric science, astro- and solar-physics and astrobiology to explore the limits of life on the planet and beyond. Space for Humanity, a nonprofit, has chosen Space...
