Venus provides invaluable insights into the search for life on other planets, according to a new study from UC Riverside.
May 2, 2024 — Recent reports of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finding signs of life on a distant planet understandably sparked excitement. A new study challenges this finding, but also ...
If we discover alien life, what will it look like? We have no way of knowing, but the hunt for extraterrestrial life can now include purple bacteria, according to a group of astronomers who are ...
Purple is the new green, as far as aliens are concerned, anyway. If you were asked to imagine an alien planet, it would be reasonable to imagine a green earth-like rock orbiting somewhere in a ...
If one day scientists discover evidence of extraterrestrial life, how will they tell the world? How certain will they be of their discovery, and how will the public know what sense to make of it?
NASA has identified a gas on Mars that is produced by living creatures on Earth, baffling scientists about what could be hiding in the Red Planet. The Curiosity Rover detected a steady stream of ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 2020, scientists detected a gas called phosphine in the atmosphere of an Earth-sized rocky planet. Knowing of no way that ...
A NASA solar sail mission meant to test new space travel materials in Earth's orbit is scheduled to lift off no sooner than April 24, the space agency announced on Thursday (April 11). Named the ...
Nasa has admitted it cannot afford to bring back Mars samples that could prove life once existed on the red planet. Since 2022, Nasa’s Perseverance Rover has been drilling into the Martian ...
US space scientists unveil Nasa's mission to investigate Jupiter's moon Europa for signs of alien life. The spacecraft Clipper, set for launch in October, aims to study Europa's icy surface and ...
“Dragonfly is a spectacular science mission with broad community interest, and we are excited to take the next steps on this mission," said NASA administrator Nicky Fox, of the agency's Science ...
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