astrobiology

Archaeon can crunch meteorite and feed on it

Researchers use multiple, miniature instruments to directly detect and analyze life in the Canadian high Arctic, one of the closest analogs to Mars on Earth

Study, based in part at Berkeley Lab, also suggests dwarf planet in asteroid belt may be a source of rich organic matter

First-ever sample-to-sequence process entirely aboard the space station

Biologist expands pursuit of desert-dwelling microbes

"It is difficult to imagine Californian beaches on ancient Mars, but try to picture the Great Lakes on a particularly cold and long winter."

Just 40 light years from Earth, planets are best targets so far for search for extraterrestrial life

Paper shows for the first time just what “pessimism” or “optimism” mean when it comes to estimating the likelihood of advanced extraterrestrial life

Researchers have gained new insights into how components of RNA and DNA formed from chemicals present on early Earth before life existed

If such observers are using the same search methods that scientists are using on Earth, researchers propose that humanity should turn its collective ear to Earth’s “transit zone.”