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This beautiful area in Western Australia is home to some of the most ancient rocks on Earth.
Participate in a Field Trip to the Key Astrobiology Sites of AustraliaApril 2, 2018
The Ariel space telescope will explore the atmospheres of exoplanets.
The Just-Approved European ARIEL Mission Will Be First Dedicated to Probing Exoplanet AtmospheresApril 2, 2018
Species like vestimentiferan tubeworms, Riftia pachyptila, such as these found found near the Galapagos islands, represent the kinds of life that can persist near deep sea hydrothermal vents.
Could Shallow Biospheres Exist beneath the Icy Ceilings of Ocean Moons?April 2, 2018
The Mid-Cayman rise is an undersea ridge in the Caribbean Sea located at the tectonic boundary of the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate.
Metabolism and Diversity of Tubeworm Endosymbionts from the Mid-Cayman RiseMarch 30, 2018
A fragment of the Murchison meteorite, which fell on Australia in 1969.
Details of the Solar System's Oldest Dated ObjectsMarch 29, 2018
Wright Valley, one of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica, where extremophile cyanobacteria, called hypoliths, live.
Desert-Dwelling Bacteria Offer Clues To Habitability On MarsMarch 28, 2018
Fragments of the Sutter’s Mill meteorite fall collected by NASA Ames and SETI Institute meteor astronomer Peter Jenniskens in the evening of Tuesday April 24, 2012, two days after the fall. This was the second recovered find.
New Data on the Sutter's Mill MeteoriteMarch 27, 2018
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will look for planets around close, bright stars.
NASA to Discuss Upcoming Launch of Next Planet HunterMarch 26, 2018
An icy lake in Svalbard, Norway, taken by an unmanned aerial vehicle. Life on Earth may have begun in an environment with both water and ice, and modern analogs may help the scientific community understand how.
Early Life Had Evolutionary Power To Survive Radical Changes In EnvironmentMarch 26, 2018
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Astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol Features in the New York TimesMarch 23, 2018
Mars topographic map. The northern hemisphere (blue) is mostly smooth lowlands and has experienced extensive volcanism. The southern hemisphere (orange) has an older, cratered highland surface. This dichotomy could have been caused by a giant impact.
Rare Metals On Mars And Earth Implicate Colossal ImpactsMarch 23, 2018
Artist impression of a strand of DNA.
The Prebiotic Synthesis of NucleosidesMarch 22, 2018
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