According to a recent study, the water underneath Saturn’s moon Enceladus may be filled in phosphorus, a key feature of life as we know it. That could solve long-standing quests about the Universe, as well. The biochemistry of life depends ...
When you think about the possibility for life to exist elsewhere in the Solar System, the first thing that pops into the mind is likely a spacecraft searching across planets such as Mars, Uranus, or Neptune. While there are only ...
Many of us like to be as attractive to others as possible for various reasons. We’re social beings by nature, but even so, being perceived as a pleasant individual is not always like a walk in the park. According to ...
LP 890-9b and LP 890-9c are the monikers of the two new “super-Earth” exoplanets that astronomers have found. As you have already guessed, both are larger than our planet. The two space bodies are orbiting the LP 890-9 star, and ...
Many of us aren’t fans of the idea of life being evanescent. But we’re here to ruin your dreams. We often forget that someday, we’re all going to die. It doesn’t matter how famous, successful, wealthy, talented, or pretty we ...
Earth may be the only planet we know of that supports such a diverse diversity of species, but that does not imply that our globe is necessarily a pleasant place to live. Earth was a harsh and scorching environment at ...
The NASA TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission just discovered something significant: our own sun is remarkably well-behaved in comparison to its counterparts elsewhere in the cosmos. (Image courtesy of NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory and Getty Images.) According to Universe Today, ...
What the Rise of Oxygen on Early Earth Tells us about Life on other Planets, and How it Have Evolved
Deeper knowledge of Earth’s atmosphere could help us find signs of life outside of our solar system. How did the Earth have enough oxygen to support animal life? In a study by McGill University, they found that oxygen levels rose ...
According to a recent paper in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science, a few specialized bacteria survive circumstances similar to those of Mars’ early past, which may be due to a variety of adaptations. The hydrothermal crater lake of Costa ...
There are two major scientific theories explaining how life might have started on our planet: panspermia and the so-called “primordial soup”. Whether scientists like to admit it or not, there are plenty of questions left unanswered regarding both theories. The ...