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Category: What might life look like elsewhere in the Universe?

What might life look like elsewhere in the Universe? How do we search for life?

Searching for Martian life: Are we looking in the right place? Is Mars truly a desolate, sterile desert? Some scientists think not, and suggest turning our sights to the planet’s hidden underworld for answers.

February 4, 2021 by Chris Patterson Read More

A stinky noxious gas could point us toward alien life Phosphine can accumulate in a planet’s atmosphere where telescopes from Earth might be able to detect it

February 1, 2021 by Genesis Berlanga Read More

How “fast radio bursts” are used in the search for alien life Detecting fast radio bursts is difficult because the data is "noisy" so ruling out false positives is a current topic of study. A group of researchers improved detection using a computer method called a "convoluted neural network" that improved accuracy.

January 28, 2021 by Rongrong Liu Read More

Microscopic animals glow in the dark to survive radiation Scientists found a new species of tardigrade that protects itself from UV radiation with the help of a naturally occurring fluorescence in its body.

January 18, 2021 by Anurup Mohanty Read More

What underwater volcanoes can teach us about Saturn’s moon Studying underwater volcanoes called "hydrothermal vents" at the bottom of the ocean taught us that the hydrogen down there probably isn't a primary food source for life in this extreme environment.

December 3, 2020 by Serhat Sevgen Read More

Is there life on Venus? An international team of researchers claim that a molecule called phosphine is a potential marker for life, and also happens to be in the atmosphere of Venus, according to their measurements. Other scientists are re-analyzing the results.

December 2, 2020 by Nurbanu Erölmez Read More

Algae in space teaches us how life responds to harsh environments A species of blue-green algae that can live in rocks could resist radiation and extreme space weather, and returned to Earth still viable!

October 25, 2020 by Rabeea Rasheed Read More

Could a deadly gas be a sign of life? The presence of carbon monoxide on exoplanets is no longer a reason to discount the possibility of the presence of life.

October 22, 2020 by Emma Stefanacci Read More

Looking for life by looking for metabolism Metabolites like amino acids and lipids are potential biomarkers to guide life detection efforts beyond Earth

October 19, 2020 by Dana Burton Read More

There may be other ways to build DNA and RNA Researchers have made a synthetic DNA that is made of eight bases instead of the normal four. This genetic system was capable of supporting the requirements of life. This work lays the foundation of how life could look on a different world.

October 7, 2020 by Madeline Garner Read More

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