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Russia finds 'new bacteria' in Antarctic lake
Mar 07, 2013 (AFP)
Russian scientists believe they have found a wholly new type of bacteria in the mysterious subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica, the RIA Novosti news agency rep...
Evidence that comets could have seeded life on Earth
Mar 07, 2013 (SPX)
It's among the most ancient of questions: What are the origins of life on Earth? A new experiment simulating conditions in deep space reveals that the complex b...
Discoveries Suggest Icy Cosmic Start for Amino Acids and DNA Ingredients
Mar 06, 2013 (SPX)
Using new technology at the telescope and in laboratories, researchers have discovered an important pair of prebiotic molecules in interstellar space. The disco...
Toxic oceans may have delayed spread of complex life
Mar 04, 2013 (SPX)
A new model suggests that inhospitable hydrodgen-sulphide rich waters could have delayed the spread of complex life forms in ancient oceans. The research, publi...
How did early primordial cells evolve
Mar 04, 2013 (SPX)
Four billion years ago, soon after the planet cooled enough for life to begin, primordial cells may have replicated and divided without protein machinery or cel...
Building blocks of life may be in space
Feb 28, 2013 (UPI)
The discovery of prebiotic molecules in interstellar space suggests some basic chemicals key to life may have formed between the stars, U.S. astronomers say. Us...
Future Evidence for Extraterrestrial Life Might Come from Dying Stars
Feb 27, 2013 (SPX)
Even dying stars could host planets with life - and if such life exists, we might be able to detect it within the next decade. This encouraging result comes fro...
Detecting Life on Planets that Orbit White Dwarf Stars
Feb 27, 2013 (SPX)
A white dwarf is a dead star that slowly cools down until it fades into oblivion. Yet it has been predicted that habitable planets can orbit a white dwarf. If w...
Scientists turn eyes toward Europa in search for life
Feb 16, 2013 (AFP)
US astronomers looking for life in the solar system believe that Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter, which has an ocean, is much more promising than desert-cov...
Telescopes Could Detect ET Life Signs Within 25 Years
Feb 15, 2013 (SPX)
A team of Dutch astronomers has shown that with a new type of telescope it may be possible to detect signs of extraterrestrial life on planets orbiting other st...
Comet dust seeding life to Jupiter moons?
Feb 15, 2013 (UPI)
Comet dust may have seeded Jupiter's moons, including Europa and its liquid ocean beneath an icy crust, with the raw ingredients for life, U.S. researchers say....
Can we live farther away from the Sun
Feb 12, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
Researchers from the Pennsylvania State University (USA) have proposed new borders of the habitable zone for earth-type planets. Using as a basis the corrected ...
Planet color may suggest alien life
Feb 11, 2013 (UPI)
The light signatures of lichens and algae reflected in a distant planet's distinctive coloring could be evidence of alien life, German researchers say. Seen fro...
Sun's closest neighbor could harbor 'superhabitable' world
Jan 31, 2013 (UPI)
The sun's closest neighbor star may host a "superhabitable," life-supporting world of islands, shallow seas and gentle slopes, Canadian scientists say. Research...
Exploring the Seafloors of Earth and Europa in search of exo lifeforms
Jan 30, 2013 (SPX)
Hydrogen sulfide is a poison gas that's lethal for humans even in very low concentrations. Yet, this compound-two parts hydrogen, one part sulfur-turned out to ...
Wood on the seafloor - an oasis for deep-sea life
Jan 28, 2013 (SPX)
Trees do not grow in the deep sea, nevertheless sunken pieces of wood can develop into oases for deep-sea life - at least temporarily until the wood is fully de...
Bubbling up Organics in an Ocean Vent Simulator
Jan 23, 2013 (SPX)
This week, fizzy ocean water and the alkaline fluid that bubbles up from deep ocean vents are coursing through a structure at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory i...
Synchrotron infrared unveils a mysterious microbial community
Jan 23, 2013 (SPX)
In the fall of 2010, Hoi-Ying Holman of the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) was approached by an international ...
Water found in stardust suggests life may be common in universe
Jan 20, 2013 (UPI)
The discovery of water in stardust suggests life may exist across the cosmos, in solar systems all over the universe, U.S. researchers say. Dust grains floating...
Life possible on extrasolar moons
Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)
In their search for habitable worlds, astronomers have started to consider exomoons, or those likely orbiting planets outside the solar system. In a new study, ...
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