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Evidence of Hot Water on Mars Found in Ancient Meteorite From Early Days of Solar System
Evidence of ancient hot water activity on Mars has been found in a 4.45-billion-year-old zircon grain from the NWA7034 meteorite. The findings, detailed in Science Advances, reveal that hydrothermal systems were active on Mars during the Pre-Noachian period. Researchers suggest these systems, essential for life on Earth, could have made Mars habita...
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Aliens May Be ''Hitching Rides'' To Other Planets On Meteors, New Study Suggests
It's all to do with the idea of "panspermia" a fringe theory which suggests that life forms can move from planet to planet by 'hitching rides' on meteors.
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Chandrayaan-3 Won't Just Study Moon, Could Help Find Life On Other Planets
Loaded with instruments, the lander and rover will study the surface and atmosphere of the Moon. The orbiter will turn its focus to Earth to look at signatures of life on the Pale Blue Dot.
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NASA's Mars InSight Lander Data Reveals Surprising Results About Possibility of Life on the Red Planet
According to a recent study conducted by the researchers at the University of California San Diego, Mars' subsurface has little to no evidence of water. The surprising results were derived after studying the seismic data from NASA's Mars InSight mission. The InSight lander studies the subsurface of the red planet digging roughly 300 meters beneath ...
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Quantum Messages Could Hold the Key to Discovering Interstellar Extraterrestrial Life, Study Says
While scientists dig for signs of ancient life on other planets and carry out ambitious missions, new research has suggested the exploration of quantum messages for traces of life. In the study, scientists noted that photons or particles of light can travel vast interstellar distances while retaining their quantum nature. With this conclusion, scie...
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NASA Developing Swarm of Smartphone-Sized Swimming Robots to Explore Oceans on Distant Planets
In a bid to bolster its exploration of distant worlds and dig deeper for signs of life, NASA has been working to develop a swarm of cell-phone-sized swimming robots. These would be able to swim in oceans underneath the thick icy shell and possibly bring evidence of the habitability of celestial bodies. The concept named Sensing With Independent Mic...
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Ancient Microbes May Help in Search for Life on Other Planets, Claims New Study
A team of scientists have reconstructed the condition in which the earliest organism on Earth must have existed. The reconstruction was done using light-capturing proteins in living microbes. In future studies, the scientists hoped to resurrect model rhodopsins in a laboratory using synthetic biology techniques.
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Non-Earth Like Planets Could Host Life for Billions of Years, Study Suggests
While scientists have looked for water bodies similar to that on Earth, a study suggests that liquid water could exist on the surface of exoplanets for billions of years under other circumstances as well.
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Possibility of Finding Living Organisms on Venus Slim, New Analysis Suggests
In the latest study, published in Nature Communications, the research team led by astronomer Sean Jordan from the University of Cambridge have investigated the chemical reactions on the planet to demystify the idea of life on Venus. They looked for sulphur-based food in the Venusian atmosphere as it is the main available energy source.
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Life on Mars: Simulating Red Planet Base in Israeli Desert for Astronaut Training
The Austrian Space Forum has set up a pretend Martian base with the Israeli space agency at Makhtesh Ramon, a 1,600 feet (500m) deep, 25 miles (40km) wide crater.
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Before Exploring Other Planets, Submarine Will Dive To Earth's Seafloor
NASA is set to send a submarine to the seafloor near Hawaii on August 20 in an effort to find an environment analogous to water worlds like Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus, a media report said today. Taking a closer look at the Earth's seafloor might help the space agency to send a submarine to the outer solar system to explore th...
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Artificial Intelligence To Help Search For Alien Life
Artificial Intelligence or AI could help astronomers predict the probability of life on other planets, according to a new study.
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Jessica Jones, Thor: Ragnarok, and More – The Weekend Chill
The sophomore year of the alcoholic PI, the best Thor movie comes to Blu-ray, and other things to enjoy this weekend.
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Most Habitable Planets May Lack Dry Land
Most habitable planets may lack dry land and would be dominated by oceans spanning over 90 per cent of their surface area, scientists say.
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NASA to Reveal New Discoveries About Oceans Beyond Earth on Thursday
These new discoveries will also help inform future ocean world exploration and the broader search for life beyond the Earth.
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Evidence of Hot Water on Mars Found in Ancient Meteorite From Early Days of Solar System
Evidence of ancient hot water activity on Mars has been found in a 4.45-billion-year-old zircon grain from the NWA7034 meteorite. The findings, detailed in Science Advances, reveal that hydrothermal systems were active on Mars during the Pre-Noachian period. Researchers suggest these systems, essential for life on Earth, could have made Mars habita...
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Aliens May Be ''Hitching Rides'' To Other Planets On Meteors, New Study Suggests
It's all to do with the idea of "panspermia" a fringe theory which suggests that life forms can move from planet to planet by 'hitching rides' on meteors.
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Chandrayaan-3 Won't Just Study Moon, Could Help Find Life On Other Planets
Loaded with instruments, the lander and rover will study the surface and atmosphere of the Moon. The orbiter will turn its focus to Earth to look at signatures of life on the Pale Blue Dot.
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NASA's Mars InSight Lander Data Reveals Surprising Results About Possibility of Life on the Red Planet
According to a recent study conducted by the researchers at the University of California San Diego, Mars' subsurface has little to no evidence of water. The surprising results were derived after studying the seismic data from NASA's Mars InSight mission. The InSight lander studies the subsurface of the red planet digging roughly 300 meters beneath ...
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Quantum Messages Could Hold the Key to Discovering Interstellar Extraterrestrial Life, Study Says
While scientists dig for signs of ancient life on other planets and carry out ambitious missions, new research has suggested the exploration of quantum messages for traces of life. In the study, scientists noted that photons or particles of light can travel vast interstellar distances while retaining their quantum nature. With this conclusion, scie...
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NASA Developing Swarm of Smartphone-Sized Swimming Robots to Explore Oceans on Distant Planets
In a bid to bolster its exploration of distant worlds and dig deeper for signs of life, NASA has been working to develop a swarm of cell-phone-sized swimming robots. These would be able to swim in oceans underneath the thick icy shell and possibly bring evidence of the habitability of celestial bodies. The concept named Sensing With Independent Mic...
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Ancient Microbes May Help in Search for Life on Other Planets, Claims New Study
A team of scientists have reconstructed the condition in which the earliest organism on Earth must have existed. The reconstruction was done using light-capturing proteins in living microbes. In future studies, the scientists hoped to resurrect model rhodopsins in a laboratory using synthetic biology techniques.
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Non-Earth Like Planets Could Host Life for Billions of Years, Study Suggests
While scientists have looked for water bodies similar to that on Earth, a study suggests that liquid water could exist on the surface of exoplanets for billions of years under other circumstances as well.
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Possibility of Finding Living Organisms on Venus Slim, New Analysis Suggests
In the latest study, published in Nature Communications, the research team led by astronomer Sean Jordan from the University of Cambridge have investigated the chemical reactions on the planet to demystify the idea of life on Venus. They looked for sulphur-based food in the Venusian atmosphere as it is the main available energy source.
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Life on Mars: Simulating Red Planet Base in Israeli Desert for Astronaut Training
The Austrian Space Forum has set up a pretend Martian base with the Israeli space agency at Makhtesh Ramon, a 1,600 feet (500m) deep, 25 miles (40km) wide crater.
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Before Exploring Other Planets, Submarine Will Dive To Earth's Seafloor
NASA is set to send a submarine to the seafloor near Hawaii on August 20 in an effort to find an environment analogous to water worlds like Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus, a media report said today. Taking a closer look at the Earth's seafloor might help the space agency to send a submarine to the outer solar system to explore th...
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Artificial Intelligence To Help Search For Alien Life
Artificial Intelligence or AI could help astronomers predict the probability of life on other planets, according to a new study.
-
Jessica Jones, Thor: Ragnarok, and More – The Weekend Chill
The sophomore year of the alcoholic PI, the best Thor movie comes to Blu-ray, and other things to enjoy this weekend.
-
Most Habitable Planets May Lack Dry Land
Most habitable planets may lack dry land and would be dominated by oceans spanning over 90 per cent of their surface area, scientists say.
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NASA to Reveal New Discoveries About Oceans Beyond Earth on Thursday
These new discoveries will also help inform future ocean world exploration and the broader search for life beyond the Earth.
