- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 25th, 2012
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
Scientists simulate conditions in the outer solar system inside the lab
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 12th, 2012
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
New study reveals additional insights into this mystery
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 28th, 2012
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
They sometimes form floating islands many miles across
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 30th, 2012
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
These structures can be found on the slopes of volcanoes
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 29th, 2012
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
This is one of the most important goals in space exploration today
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 19th, 2012
On the Origins of Life: Proteins Preceded Ribosomes
The new discovery calls into question established theories
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 16th, 2012
Plants on Other Worlds May Use Multiple Types of Light
They could therefore produce oxygen regardless of wavelengths
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 10th, 2012
Building Blocks of Life Present Throughout the Universe
Amino-acids are literally all over the place, may seed life everywhere
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 20th, 2012
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
The finding may have implications for detecting life on Mars
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 7th, 2012
Bahamian Caves May Reveal How Life Evolved
We may not have to visit other worlds to get the answer
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 2nd, 2012
What Makes a Star's Surroundings Habitable
Distance from a star is not the only requisite, astrobiologists say