habitability
Alien ‘Aqua Worlds’ Covered in Habitable Seawater More Abundant Than We Imagined, Study Proposes
"It would be fair to say that we have seen the light for finding habitable planets," the study's co-authors say.
‘Super-Earths’ Could Host Alien Life for 84 Billion Years, Study Finds
Life on a rogue Super-Earth would be difficult, but organisms have been shown to thrive even in very extreme conditions on regular Earth.
Scientists Reveal Krypton In Mars Meteorite, Rewriting Red Planet's History
An ultra-rare rock from Mars upended the traditional view of how rocky planets receive essential ingredients for life.
How NASA’s Rovers Seek Answers About Past Life on Mars
Abigail Fraeman, deputy project scientist for the Curiosity rover, shares stories from Mars in a new episode of Motherboard’s Space Show.
Scientists Identify Massive Ocean Worlds That May Host Alien Life
A new class of ‘Hycean’ planets may have just expanded the definition of habitability.
Scientists Find Solar Systems Undergoing the Same Mysterious Process as Ours
A radioactive isotope profoundly affected the origin and evolution of our solar system. Now, scientists have spotted it in a system of budding stars.
Scientists Think a Glowing Ice Moon Can Help In the Search for Alien Life
“The night-time ice glow occurring on Europa may be very unique and unlike any other phenomenon in our Solar System,” according to a new study.
Scientists Just Found a New Way to Search for Habitable Exoplanets
Worlds orbiting small red dwarf stars might be less vulnerable to damaging space weather, which could boost the odds that they host life.
Scientists Have Identified 24 Possible 'Superhabitable' Planets
"We are so focused on finding a mirror image of Earth that we may overlook a planet that is even more well suited for life,” said the lead author of a new study.
Scientists Find Evidence for Vast Lakes Hidden Under Mars' Surface
The new research lends credence to the idea of briny lakes existing under the Martian surface and is an important development in the search for Martian life, if it exists.
A Weird Chemical on Venus Hints at Possible ‘Presence of Life,’ Study Says
The detection of phosphine is “not robust evidence for life” on Venus, scientists say, but a biological origin for the signature has not been ruled out yet.
Scientists Found Creatures So Inactive They Expanded Our Idea of Life Itself
“It looks like the majority of these organisms are living at energy regimes that are below what we thought was even capable of maintenance—just staying alive.”