Resurrecting Ancient Enzymes in NASA’s Search for Life Beyond Earth
NASA-supported scientists have resurrected an enzyme first used by organisms on Earth 3.2-billion years ago and, in the…
NASA Juno data reveals Europa has a surprisingly thick icy crust
Artist’s concept of Europa’s ice shell. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Europa has always been the Solar System’s most tantalizing “maybe.”…
Life in Europa’s ocean still possible, new research suggests
Is there life in Europa’s ocean? A new study suggests that chemical nutrients in the moon’s icy crust…
Powerful magnetic fields on super-Earths could boost chances of life
View larger. | This is an artist’s concept of a super-Earth with a deep magma ocean generating a…
New survey of nearest stars reveals best spots for life
View larger. | This is an artist’s concept of Kepler-186f, an Earth-sized exoplanet about 500 light-years from Earth.…
Flight Engineers Give NASA’s Dragonfly Lift
In sending a car-sized rotorcraft to explore Saturn’s moon Titan, NASA’s Dragonfly mission will undertake an unprecedented voyage…
NASA Study Suggests Saturn’s Moon Titan May Not Have Global Ocean
A key discovery from NASA’s Cassini mission in 2008 was that Saturn’s largest moon Titan may have a…
Researchers question methane atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1e
This is an artist’s concept of exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e, about 40 light-years from Earth. A new study urges caution…
This moss survived in space for 9 months
Meet a spreading earthmoss known as Physcomitrella patens. It’s frequently used as a model organism for studies on…
NASA Cassini Study Finds Organics ‘Fresh’ From Ocean of Enceladus
Researchers dove deep into information gathered from the ice grains that were collected during a close and super-fast…
Was NASA’s ‘no life on Mars’ conclusion in the 70s wrong?
View larger. | NASA’s Viking 1 lander took this photo of surrounding rocks and sand dunes on May…
After 20 years of research, astronomers discover a planet that looks strangely like Earth
For years, many astronomers have been searching for exoplanets in the universe. And although some of them are…