26 May 2021
Underwater volcanoes could be active on Europa
...on the list of objects to study for signs of life beyond Earth, even more so now, as new research shows that...magma. This discovery fundamentally changed our understanding of how life could develop on Earth. To understand if a scenario such as that ...
December 2014
Rosetta revelations: the fabric of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
... have brought other material. Of special interest here are organics that could have sparked the emergence of life on Earth. We are therefore looking for heavy organic molecules up to amino acids. COSAC on Philae should have been able...
January 2020
Collaborating to harness space innovation in healthcare
... about tackling issues and unveiling patterns in outer space – but today it’s very much becoming a tool to improve life here on Earth. For example, earlier this year the UK Space Agency granted Adaptix £1 million in funding to develop a pioneering...
November 2020
The alien hunter’s field manual
... indicates, according to the key innovations that occurred for life on Earth which we expect to be generic. Our candidate list is the origin of life, photosynthesis, multicellularity, and technological civilization. The ExoLife Finder (ELF) telescope...
28 October 2020
Unexpected molecule found in Titan's atmosphere
... could be the same ones that formed the building blocks of life on Earth. “We think of Titan as a real-life laboratory where we can see similar chemistry to that of ancient Earth when life was taking hold here,” said Melissa Trainer, a NASA Goddard...
19 November 2021
New mission to search for habitable planets close to Earth announced
... ago, astronomers made the surprising discovery of an Earth-like planet orbiting our closest stellar neighbour, Proxima ... of life beyond our planet. “If we consider the nearest few dozen stars, we expect a handful of rocky planets like Earth orbiting ...
