Astrobiology

Everyone is holding out hope that we'll eventually find intelligent life (even if it's a tiny, super-intelligent entity, like Silvano...

Astrobiology has always been at the fringes of NASA's science programs, and the last time it tried to break into the big-time with the...

Earlier this year, the long-standing theory that the "building blocks of life" on Earth were seeded by meteorites got a big boost when...

No matter how you slice it, astronomers have discovered a lot of exoplanets in the Milky Way galaxy--3,779, to be exact--and between...

At this point, the "will they/won't they" relationship between Mars and some hypothetical form of microbial life has surpassed most...

When people hear the phrase "water world," their first thought is often a long-repressed memory of that Kevin Costner...

Exoplanets with the same life-giving chemical properties as Earth have been identified in a new study out of the University of...

It's safe to say that astronomers and astrobiologists have spent thousands of hours trying to find the perfect exoplanet to harbor...

Along with monkeys and dogs, mice are one of the few species that have racked up major frequent flyer miles on spacecraft, and now...

New research into Mars' history may revolutionize our image of the Red Planet, including the ongoing investigation into whether it...

Billions of years ago, Earth saw a miraculous increase in the amount of oxygen floating around the planet, which would pave the way...

As humanity watches Earth's major powers prepare to colonize the Solar System, most of the questions are practical--how will we...

Earlier this month, we reported that acidic streams in a small region of Dorset, UK, could give astrobiologists a template for how to...

Despite being a haven for life, Earth has some pretty inhospitable environments--the deep ocean has enough darkness, low temperatures,...

The search for extraterrestrial life doesn't begin and end with intercepting radio signals from a distant alien civilization--or...

When space agencies look to simulate the Martian environment here on Earth, they turn to places like the Utah desert, or Death Valley....

NASA is awarding five-year grants, each worth approximately $8 million, to three teams studying the "origins, evolution, distribution,...

On Earth, dust is treated as little more than a fact of life: an accumulation of detritus to be swept up, vacuumed, and wiped from...

To prepare for missions to Mars, NASA tests out its tech in extreme locales like Death Valley, Calif., and Lake Vostok in Antarctica,...

Astronomers and SETI scientists are constantly scanning the stars for signs of an intelligent, non-human civilization, but what if...