life
Astronomers identify trick to root out false-positives in the search for life
Posted in Science on 6th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
Scenarios in which the detection of oxygen in the atmosphere of exoplanets would not represent the presence of extraterrestrial life.
Ancient Martian lakes may have harboured life, researchers say
Posted in Science on 11th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
Deep water basins formed on Mars more than three billion years ago may have once been habitable, according to new research.
Fungi survive mars-like conditions on the space station
Posted in Science on 31st Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
A study, by ESA, has found that two species of tiny fungi originally from Antarctica have survived living in Mars-like conditions for a period of 18 months.
Lack of microbes in Antarctic permafrost dims hopes for life on Mars
Posted in Science on 22nd Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
The unsuccessful search for living microbes in the permafrost of Antarcticas University Valley could spell bad news for the search for Mars life.
Astronomers Want to Build A Forty Foot Space Telescope to Find the Next Earth
Posted in Hardware on 8th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
To achieve this, well need a spacecraft more advanced than anything humans have built, a telescope with 10x the seeing power of Hubble.