February 2018
Journey of inspiration
... day in space to improve life on Earth, and maybe even provide a little lesson in Earth appreciation. But retiring from a... enjoy special and sometimes unexpected experiences and people in my life. One of my closest friends calls these ‘pennies from ...
September 2023
To live is to create
... so many supporters - more than a million planet Earth residents. Igor Ashurbeyli chairing a meeting of the Association...-catching and thought-provoking covers which creatively mix elements of life on Earth with space. The name ROOM is both a play on...
04 May 2020
Exoplanets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres could harbour life
... been identified in the atmospheres of giant exoplanets, but when it comes to the search for life, it is detecting compounds around rocky planets or super-Earths that are the coveted prize. One of the easiest molecules to spot in the gas...
31 January 2018
Surprise find of complex organic molecules in LMC
... been hinted at, but not completely confirmed. Some of the basic building blocks of molecules that are essential to life on Earth (and as far as we know it elsewhere in the Universe), are complex organic molecules that are made-up of six or more...
28 August 2020
Clumps of bacteria could survive interplanetary journey, new study says
... a landing on another astronomical body is another matter and is a process that still needs to be assessed. "The origin of life on Earth is the biggest mystery of human beings. Scientists can have totally different points of view on the matter. Some...
15 June 2016
Scientists discover a chiral molecule outside of our solar system for the first time
... "handedness" of a molecule they use or produce. Life on Earth is made of left handed amino acids, almost exclusively,... to a selection bias that ultimately resulted in all life on Earth becoming homochiral. Now, with the discover of propylene oxide...
