Researchers answer a century old question about the origin of life
The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet
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Joseph Shavit
Nov 11, 2021
New space telescope to peer back at the universe's first galaxies
Among other goals, James Webb will search the atmospheres of alien planets for what scientists call "biosignatures" -- the presence of life.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 9, 2021
Hunting for alien planets with a new solar telescope
Thousands of alien worlds are known to orbit stars beyond our solar system. And many more worlds, possibly harboring life.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 8, 2021
To find life on other planets, NASA rocket team looks to the stars
A NASA sounding rocket will observe a nearby star to learn how starlight affects the atmospheres of exoplanets in the hunt for life.
Joshua Shavit
Oct 25, 2021
Some of the world’s oldest rubies linked to early life
While analyzing some of the world’s oldest coloured gemstones, researchers discovered carbon residue that was once ancient life.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 30, 2021
New data suggests that life could exist on Venus
Photosynthesis could occur in Venus' clouds with the middle and lower clouds receiving solar energy similar to the Earth's surface.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 30, 2021
Study finds that rogue planets could sustain life
A rogue planet is an interstellar object of planetary mass without a host planetary system and could be fertile nurseries for life.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 5, 2021
How likely are catastrophic supervolcano eruptions happening soon
Research teams that studied an ancient supervolcano in Indonesia found such volcanoes remain active and hazardous for thousands of years
Joseph Shavit
Aug 27, 2021
Alien Life Could Exist on 'Hycean' Exoplanets, Study Finds
When we search for life out there in the galaxy, we base our efforts on what we know. So far, we know only one planet that has yielded life.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 17, 2021
Researchers publish new theory of life’s multiple origins
The history of life on Earth has often been likened to a four-billion-year-old torch relay. One flame, lit at the beginning of the chain.
Joshua Shavit
Aug 8, 2021
Lunar samples solve mystery of the moon’s magnetic shield
The presence or absence of a shield matters because magnetic shields protect astronomical bodies from harmful solar radiation.
Joseph Shavit
Jul 29, 2021
New findings show that life started on Earth earlier than previously thought
According to new research, simple animal species’ may have existed on Earth far longer than humans anticipated, approx 890 million years
Joseph Shavit
Jul 9, 2021
Changes in Earth's orbit enabled the emergence of complex life
Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered that changes in Earth's orbit may have allowed complex life to emerge and thrive
Joseph Shavit
Jul 7, 2021
Europa Clipper to determine whether icy moon has ingredients necessary for life
Europa is the sixth nearest moon to Jupiter and is roughly the same size as our own. Thanks to data retrieved by the Galileo space probe
Joseph Shavit
Jun 18, 2021
Scientists develop new way to detect life on other planets
Left hands and right hands are almost perfect mirror images of each other. But whatever way they are twisted and turned...
Joseph Shavit
Dec 22, 2020
New study shows that life really could exist on Jupiter's moon Europa
Using years of data collected from ice-covered habitats all over the world, a Montana State University team has discovered new insights...
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