Collaborate Disseminate
Are we alone? While we certainly have lots of strange lifeforms to choose from as companions here on our blue marble, we have yet to know if there’s anything else …read more Continue reading Europa Clipper Asks Big Questions of the Jovian Moon
Finding extraterrestrial life in any form would be truly one of the largest discoveries in humankind’s history, yet after decades of scouring the surface of Mars and investigating other bodies …read more Continue reading Complex Organic Chemistry In Sulfuric Acid and Life on Venus
Humanity has been wondering about whether life exists beyond our little backwater planet for so long that we’ve developed a kind of cultural bias as to how the answer to …read more Continue reading SHERLOC and the Search for Life on Mars
Rachel Smith studies the birth of stars to better understand the origins of life on Earth, and perhaps elsewhere in the universe. Continue reading What Baby Stars and Meteorites Can Tell Us About Our Solar System’s Past
Penn State professor and geomicrobiologist-slash-astrobiologist Jenn Macalady is answering how we and other organisms could survive on other planets, by looking deep into Earth’s history. Continue reading The Geomicrobiologist Who’s Obsessed With the Slime
It’s the first time traces of life have been found inside these precious jewels. Continue reading These Dazzling Gemstones Are Home to Microbes
Europa is irradiated by Jupiter’s intense magnetosphere, but you don’t have to dig far before life finds a way (theoretically). Continue reading Signs of Alien Life on Europa Might Only Be Centimeters Under the Surface
Carbon-rich molecules were detected in samples collected from Enceladus’ ocean—yet another indicator that it could host microbial life. Continue reading Evidence of Organic Molecules Found in Plumes Ejected From Saturn’s Moon
Adam Frank’s new book Light of the Stars explores how the search for intelligent alien life in the universe can help humans combat climate change on Earth. Continue reading Stop Saying ‘Humans Suck’ Because of Climate Change, Says Astrobiologist
Instead of looking at individual biosignatures, a new dynamic framework suggests that studying atmospheric seasons may be the key for detecting alien life on exoplanets. Continue reading Scientists Want to Study Exoplanet Atmospheres for Signs of Alien Life