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»» Kepler Mission Manager Update 15 May 2012
[Monday, May 21, 2012] April was a momentous time for the mission! The team received approval for a mission extension through fiscal year 2016, based on a recommendation from NASA's 2012 Senior Review of Astrophysics Missions.
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»» Is a new form of life really so alien?
[Saturday, May 19, 2012] The idea of discovering a new form of life has not only excited astronomers and astrobiologists for decades, but also the wider public.
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»» Curiosity Mission To Determine Climate Change, Life On Mars, Says Texas A&M Prof
[Thursday, May 17, 2012] Climate change on Earth is always a big topic. Climate change on Mars could be even bigger.
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»» UF astronomer: Some giant planets in other systems most likely to be alone
[Wednesday, May 16, 2012] "Hot Jupiter-type" planets are most likely to be alone in their systems, according to research by a University of Florida astronomer and others, made public today.
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»» Lightning Signature Could Help Reveal the Solar System's Origins
[Wednesday, May 16, 2012] Water, methane and ammonia are collectively referred to as "volatiles" and the fact that there are different amounts on different planets is a tantalizing clue to the way the planets formed.
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»» NASA's Out of Date Search for Life on Mars
[Thursday, May 10, 2012] This is a mindset ripe with old thinking. Even without the budget cuts, the costs for a Mars sample return mission have steadily increased over the decades that NASA has planned for it.
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»» Graphic: How Much Water Does Earth Have?
[Thursday, May 10, 2012] As you know, the Earth is a watery place. But just how much water exists on, in, and above our planet? This picture shows the size of a sphere that would contain all of Earth's water in comparison to the size of the Earth.
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»» 2012 Astrobiology Graduate Student Conference Applications due on May 10th
[Wednesday, May 9, 2012] The 2012 Astrobiology Graduate Student Conference (AbGradCon) will be held on August 27 - 30, 2012, preceded by the Research Focus Group splinter, August 24-26.
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»» WSU air-quality researcher to lead field studies in support of NASA Mars mission
[Wednesday, May 9, 2012] The proposed mission is intended to help determine whether periodic plumes of methane gas previously detected within the Martian atmosphere are the product of biological or other activity, such as volcanism.
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»» NASA's Spitzer Sees the Light of Alien "Super Earth"
[Tuesday, May 8, 2012] Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a "super-Earth" planet beyond our solar system for the first time. While the planet is not habitable, the detection is a historic step toward the eventual search for signs of life on other planets.
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»» Looking for Earths by looking for Jupiters
[Tuesday, May 8, 2012] In the search for Earth-like planets, it is helpful to look for clues and patterns that can help scientist narrow down the types of systems where potentially habitable planets are likely to be discovered.
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»» Looking at Water Deposits in Martian Geology
[Tuesday, May 8, 2012] A report in the May 4 edition of the journal Science details discoveries Opportunity made in its first four months at the rim of Endeavour Crater, including key findings reported at a geophysics conference in late 2011.
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»» Signs of Flowing Water on Ancient Mars
[Friday, May 4, 2012] ESA's Mars Express has returned images of a region on the Red Planet that appears to have been sculpted in part by flowing liquid. This again adds to the growing evidence that Mars had large volumes of water on its surface in the distant past.
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»» 100 Days and Counting to NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Landing
[Tuesday, May 1, 2012] At 10:31 p.m. PDT on April 27 NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, carrying the one-ton Curiosity rover, was within 100 days from its appointment with the Martian surface.
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»» Expectation of Extraterrestrial Life Built More on Optimism Than Evidence
[Friday, April 27, 2012] Recent discoveries of planets similar to Earth in size and proximity to the planets' respective suns have sparked scientific and public excitement about the possibility of also finding Earth-like life on those worlds.
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»» Three Earthlike planets identified by Cornell astronomers
[Friday, April 27, 2012] It's not little green men, but it could be a step in that direction: Cornell astronomers, using data from the NASA Kepler Mission, have identified three Earthlike planets orbiting their own suns, all of which could be hospitable to life.
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»» Did Exploding Stars Help Life on Earth to Thrive?
[Friday, April 27, 2012] Research by a Danish physicist suggests that the explosion of massive stars - supernovae - near the Solar System has strongly influenced the development of life
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