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Has sea plankton been discovered on the ISS outer hull
Aug 22, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
Russian scientists say they made a "unique" discovery while analyzing samples from the exterior of the International Space Station - traces of tiny sea creature...
500 million year reset for the immune system
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics (MPI-IE) in Freiburg re-activated expression of an ancient gene, which is not normally e...
Sequencing at sea
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
Daylight was breaking over the central Pacific and coffee brewing aboard the MY Hanse Explorer. Between sips, about a dozen scientists strategized for the day a...
Scientists confirm array of microorganisms in buried Antarctic lake
Aug 20, 2014 (UPI)
Scientists have confirmed the presence of an array of microorganisms, including an extensive family of rock-eating bacteria, living in a subglacial lake in Anta...
Follow the radio waves to exomoons
Aug 13, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists hunting for life beyond Earth have discovered more than 1,800 planets outside our solar system, or exoplanets, in recent years, but so far, no one ha...
Red Dwarf Stars Might Be Best Places to Discover Alien Life
Aug 12, 2014 (NASA)
Red dwarfs are the most common type of star in the universe, and nearly every one of these stars may have a planet located in its habitable zone where life has ...
Companion planets can increase old worlds' chance at life
Aug 05, 2014 (SPX)
Having a companion in old age is good for people - and, it turns out, might extend the chance for life on certain Earth-sized planets in the cosmos as well. Pla...
BIOMEX: Exploring Mars in Low Earth Orbit
Aug 05, 2014 (NASA)
In their quest to understand life's potential beyond Earth, astrobiologists study how organisms might survive in numerous environments, from the surface of Mars...
A New Approach to SETI: Targeting Alien Polluters
Jul 29, 2014 (SPX)
Humanity is on the threshold of being able to detect signs of alien life on other worlds. By studying exoplanet atmospheres, we can look for gases like oxygen a...
Biomarkers of the Deep
Jul 29, 2014 (NASA)
Tucked away in the southwest corner of Spain is a unique geological site that has fascinated astrobiologists for decades. The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) in Spain...
Alien Atmospheres - Methane, CFCs and other signs of smart ETs
Jul 29, 2014 (NASA)
Sometimes we get lucky: an exoplanet many light-years away passes in front of its star at the perfect angle. This transit allows us to read certain features of ...
UEA research shows oceans vital for possibility of alien life
Jul 24, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of East Anglia have made an important step in the race to discover whether other planets could develop and sustain life. New resea...
Seeing Earth As An Exoplanet: What Signs Of Life Are Visible?
Jul 24, 2014 (NASA)
An extraterrestrial spacecraft lurking in a satellite's orbit near Earth would be able to see city lights and pollution in our atmosphere. But what if it search...
Are we alone? Alien pollution might reveal the answer
Jul 23, 2014 (AFP)
Earthlings often wonder if life exists on other planets, and researchers said Wednesday that hunting for traces of pollution from distant worlds could provide t...
When Life Went Global
Jul 09, 2014 (SPX)
"An origin of life is not the same as an origin of a biosphere-that's an important distinction," says David Grinspoon, a planetary scientist and curator of astr...
Two 'Goldilocks planets' that might support life are proven false
Jul 04, 2014 (SPX)
Mysteries about controversial signals coming from a dwarf star considered to be a prime target in the search for extraterrestrial life now have been solved in r...
Would Earth Look Like A Habitable Planet From Afar?
Jul 03, 2014 (SPX)
Even when a distant world has the trademarks of habitability - it's Earth-sized, it's in the zone around its star where liquid water is possible - finding signs...
Ancient Worlds Could Be Kept 'Alive' by Gravitational Nudges
Jul 01, 2014 (SPX)
For more than three billion years now, Earth's ability to support life has been a delicate balancing act. Climatic periods of severe cold or hot have brought li...
Cosmic Impacts May Help Create Suitable Habitat for Life
Jun 23, 2014 (NASA)
Cosmic impacts are known to trigger mass extinctions on Earth. However, a new study adds to evidence that asteroid and cometary bombardment can also shelter lif...
Hunt for extraterrestrial life gets massive methane boost
Jun 19, 2014 (SPX)
A powerful new model to detect life on planets outside of our solar system, more accurately than ever before, has been developed by UCL (University College Lond...
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