Asteroids may have picked up building blocks of life from interstellar clouds
Scientists have taken a big step towards figuring out where building blocks of life such as amino acids and amines form in space.
Scientists have taken a big step towards figuring out where building blocks of life such as amino acids and amines form in space.
We have yet to find microbial life on another planet. But with the assistance of autonomous drones, we may be able to find it sooner rather than later.
If the huge Jupiter moon Ganymede is more potentially habitable than previously thought, it could alter the end of Europe's JUICE mission.
The robots currently exploring Mars may not be capable of detecting potential traces of life on the Red Planet, a new study finds.
Reference The Goldilocks zone or habitable zone is the region around a star where an orbiting planet could host liquid water and, therefore, possibly support life.
A mass spectrometer called the Orbitrap has been scaled down to fit on astrobiology missions to planets and moons of the solar system.
A new technique to measure starspots could help test stellar magnetism theories and improve our understanding of habitable zones.
Wolf 1069 b offers a unique opportunity to study a potentially habitable and tidally locked exoplanet.
Humans have five new leads in the search to find life beyond our solar system.
The coming year will surely see a persistence of debate, discussion and disbelief regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena.
Amino acids, the building blocks of life, have been found in the nearly pristine Winchcombe meteorite.
A new search for alien signals focuses on planetary transits, when exoplanets pass right in front of their suns.
Scientists have discovered a wealth of organic compounds within a Martian meteorite, which could help researchers discover if Mars could have hosted life.
NASA's latest flagship telescope is still in its first year of science, but the agency isn't only hard at work building its successor — it's starting to plan that next mission's successor as well.
The ODNI's report shows that the U.S. government appears to be taking UFOs and airspace safety issues seriously.
The historic James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed its first rocky exoplanet, 41 light-years from Earth.
Opals, which contain a lot of water, have been found on Mars. They might be an indicator of past life and possibly a source of water for astronauts in the future.
NASA's leading planet-hunting spacecraft has spotted its second planet that matches Earth's size and may be able to retain liquid water — and both worlds orbit the same star.
NASA's Perseverance rover is wrapping up its prime mission after 687 Earth days on the Red Planet.