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...
22 June 2020
Icy Pluto may have started off hot with an early ocean
... might be currently occurring and is why the smallest of the Galilean moons has attracted a lot of attention from an astrobiological perspective. The team also calculate that hot starts are probably relevant only for bodies of roughly...
05 October 2020
A dozen "superhabitable" planets better than Earth identified in new study
... planetary radii) also makes for a valuable target note the team in their research paper published recently in Astrobiology. But, say Schulze-Makuch and colleagues, these characteristics mean little by themselves if a planet is too young or too...
19 April 2016
APSS 2016 Was Held in Beijing at the End of February
... stellar astronomy, galactic astronomy, extragalactic astronomy, physical cosmology, aerospace engineering, planetary science, astrobiology, forensic astronomy, archaeoastronomy, and space archaeology. APSS 2016 was a valuable and important platform...
29 March 2018
The Impact of Discovering Life Beyond Earth
...far beyond it”. The book itself is a compilation of contributions from almost two dozen academics with interests in astrobiology, SETI and associated topics. According to the cover blurb, the volume provides a platform for “distinguished philosophers...
