• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 25th, 2012
Life Was Brought to Earth on Space Rocks

Life Was Brought to Earth on Space Rocks

New evidence supporting a theory called panspermia emerges

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 19th, 2012
Organic Materials Can Become Prebiotic While Frozen in Ice

Organic Materials Can Become Prebiotic While Frozen in Ice

Scientists simulate conditions in the outer solar system inside the lab

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 12th, 2012
Eccentric Exoplanets May Support Life

Eccentric Exoplanets May Support Life

Admittedly, only the most extreme varieties of life would endure

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 26th, 2012
Why Life on Earth Is Left-Handed

Why Life on Earth Is Left-Handed

New study reveals additional insights into this mystery

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 28th, 2012
Mars Was Extremely Water-Rich Early On

Mars Was Extremely Water-Rich Early On

The conclusion belongs to a new study by an European spacecraft

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 30th, 2012
Volcanic Rocks Transport Life Across Oceans

Volcanic Rocks Transport Life Across Oceans

They sometimes form floating islands many miles across

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 30th, 2012
Supernovae Essential to the Emergence of Life on Earth

Supernovae Essential to the Emergence of Life on Earth

We may have not been here today, if not for these explosions

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 9th, 2012
Martian Microbes May Endure in Pit-Chains

Martian Microbes May Endure in Pit-Chains

These structures can be found on the slopes of volcanoes

Comets May Have Delivered Amino Acids to Early Earth

Comets May Have Delivered Amino Acids to Early Earth

This may have opened the way for the emergence of life here

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 23rd, 2012
Submarines May Roam the Oceans Underneath Europa's Surface

Submarines May Roam the Oceans Underneath Europa's Surface

This is one of the most important goals in space exploration today

On the Origins of Life: Proteins Preceded Ribosomes

On the Origins of Life: Proteins Preceded Ribosomes

The new discovery calls into question established theories

Plants on Other Worlds May Use Multiple Types of Light

Plants on Other Worlds May Use Multiple Types of Light

They could therefore produce oxygen regardless of wavelengths

Building Blocks of Life Present Throughout the Universe

Building Blocks of Life Present Throughout the Universe

Amino-acids are literally all over the place, may seed life everywhere

History of Earth's Building Blocks May Reveal the Evolution of Life

History of Earth's Building Blocks May Reveal the Evolution of Life

How the earliest lifeforms developed the way they did is still a mystery

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 18th, 2012
Atacama Reveals Treasure Trove of Life

Atacama Reveals Treasure Trove of Life

The finding may have implications for detecting life on Mars

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 7th, 2012
Bahamian Caves May Reveal How Life Evolved

Bahamian Caves May Reveal How Life Evolved

We may not have to visit other worlds to get the answer

What Makes a Star's Surroundings Habitable

What Makes a Star's Surroundings Habitable

Distance from a star is not the only requisite, astrobiologists say

 
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