An Astrobiologist’s Search for Life in Space—and…
I discovered over the past several years that I’m not as rare as I once thought I was. There are many people out…
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Why the Search for Life in Space Starts With…
Next, they’ll use the spectrograph to try to find key molecules like oxygen or methane. How much they find of each…
NASA announces team of scientists who will study…
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Digs Up Organic…
After trundling around the Jezero crater for 550 Martian days, NASA’s Perseverance rover has amassed nearly half…
Could Life Use a Longer Genetic Code? Maybe, but…
As wildly diverse as life on Earth is—whether it’s a jaguar hunting down a deer in the Amazon, an orchid vine…
Get Ready for a Decade of Uranus Jokes
For the past couple of decades, NASA has been investing in spacecraft to conduct up-close examinations of Mercury,…
The Search for ET Has an X-Factor: the Evolution…
Stephen Kane was searching for stars that could host planets with warm, temperate climates hospitable to life—you…
The Guide for the Next Decade of Space Research…
Who pays for the United States’ astronomy and astrophysics projects—our collective staring into the void, seeking…