Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. graphic illustrating astrobiology, showing simple microbes against a backdrop of stars. Astrobiology is the field of science ...

Dining on the moon or Mars might seem like a fantasy reserved for science fiction, but researchers are investigating how it could become a reality. Their efforts to recycle plant and human waste into ...

The Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science (CAPS) provides an independent, authoritative forum for identifying and discussing issues in astrobiology and planetary science with the research ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The claim: NASA just hired 24 theologians to assess how the world would react to discovery of extraterrestrial life The prospect ...

In 1971, NASA’s Mariner 9 entered orbit around the planet Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to ever successfully orbit another planet. By the end of its mission in 1972, the orbiter mapped 70 ...

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What is astrobiology? Breaking it down, you see the word “astro” and you immediately relate it to “space”, now you see the word “biology” and you can guess that it means “life”. Putting them together ...

NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan told the House Science Committee Sept. 29 that an updated astrobiology strategy is nearly completed. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — A long-delayed strategy to guide NASA’s ...

Most exoplanet hunters chase biosignatures the way bird dogs chase the scent of a quail. But in a talk at the European Astrobiology Institute’s recent BEACON 25 conference in Reykjavik, astrophysicist ...

Nearly 1,000 astrobiologists met in Seattle last week to present their latest research results and discuss the most pressing questions facing their field. The meeting, known as AbSciCon, takes place ...

Interstellar fireworks in the giant nebula NGC 3603 is a prominent star-forming region in the Carina spiral arm of our galaxy, about 20,000 light-years away. Discovered by Sir John Herschel in 1834, ...

Dining on the moon or Mars might seem like a fantasy reserved for science fiction, but researchers are investigating how it could become a reality. Their efforts to recycle plant and human waste into ...