Holograms Might Help Search for Alien Life
Jul 22, 2017 · This month the journal Astrobiology is publishing a special issue dedicated to the search for signs of life on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. Included is a paper from Caltech’s Jay Nadeau and …
How Enceladus Got Its Stripes - Astrobiology Magazine
Dec 9, 2019 · Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus is of great interest to scientists due to its subsurface ocean, making it a prime target for those searching for life elsewhere.
The Fall of Stromatolites - Astrobiology Magazine
May 29, 2013 · A new study shows that the widespread disappearance of stromatolites on the ancient Earth may have been caused by single-celled organisms called formanifera.
Ribosome Building Blocks - Astrobiology Magazine
Feb 21, 2009 · Scientists have solved a major mystery about the origin of life. They have presented a new theory about how an essential component of every living cell was first able to self-assemble. …
Searching for Alien Artifacts on the Moon - Astrobiology Magazine
Jan 4, 2012 · Two researchers have suggested that high-resolution images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter should be examined for anomalies that could be evidence of alien artifacts …
A Coral Reef in the Arctic - Astrobiology Magazine
Sep 19, 2011 · Astrobiology Magazine Field Research Editor Henry Bortman recently spent two weeks on Devon Island, in the Canadian Arctic, with researchers from the Haughton-Mars Project. In this …
Dinosaurs Benefited from Mass Extinction - Astrobiology Magazine
Oct 8, 2010 · A newly discovered species of dinosaur may show that dinosaurs spread throughout the world by taking advantage of a natural catastrophe that wiped out their competitors. The study …
New Research Suggests Solar System May Have Once Harbored Super …
Mar 25, 2015 · Long before Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars formed, it seems that the inner solar system may have harbored a number of super-Earths —planets larger than Earth but smaller than …
Study shows how water could have flowed on ‘cold and icy’ ancient Mars
Oct 18, 2017 · Periodic melting of ice sheets on a cold early Mars would have created enough water to carve the ancient valleys and lakebeds seen on the planet today.
New kind of aurora is not an aurora at all - Astrobiology Magazine
Aug 20, 2018 · Thin ribbons of purple and white light that sometimes appear in the night sky were dubbed a new type of aurora when brought to scientists' attention in 2016.