astrobiology
Scientists Design an Alien that Could Survive Without Water
“Ours is the first concrete blueprint of life not as we know it.”
Forget the Super Bowl, Microbes Are Playing Sports in Outer Space
Winners of Project MERCCURI’s “Microbial Playoffs” include a specimen swabbed from the bottom of astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s shoe.
The Origins of Life Could Be Buried on the Moon
The earliest life on Earth may be buried under lava flows on the Moon.
The Dominant Life Form in the Cosmos Is Probably Superintelligent Robots
The NASA scientists, philosophers, and futurists who believe that the aliens we meet most likely won't be a life form at all.
What Alien Civilizations We've Never Met Can Teach Us About Saving the Earth
New findings about the astrobiology in the cosmos may hold key insights to building a sustainable civilization here on Earth.
Aliens Are Probably Everywhere, Just Not Anywhere Near Humans
If there’s intelligent life in the cosmos, it’s probably nowhere we can get to anytime soon
Hitchhiker DNA Molecules Survive the Brutality of Atmospheric Re-Entry
Biologists send genetic material on a round-trip into suborbital space attached to the outside of a rocket.
There's a New Test for Life on Mars, and It's More Accurate Than Ever
Somebody send an isotope-ratio mass spectrometer over there already.
Astronomers Detect the Complex Molecules of Life in a Deep-Space Gas Cloud
The universe looks more and more like a friendly place for life to form.
How Escaped Chunks of Earth May Be Seeding Life Throughout the Solar System
The chances that Earth has sent out alien invaders of its own are better than you think.
What Proof of Life on Mars Might Look Like
The Nakhla martian meteorite is the gift that keeps on giving. Did it just give again?