This week, the European Space Agency announced that radar data collected by ESA’s Mars Express point to a pond...
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NEW ZEALAND ASTROBIOLOGY NETWORK: We connect with life
I cannot perceive the scale of the universe, but I can perceive the scale of a jumbo jet as...
Exoplanet atmospheres and the possibilities of finding life.
Carolle Varughese, astrobiology, exoplanets, life, space exploration, space telescope, 0We’re getting good at finding exoplanets, but trying to find evidence of life is a little bit more complicated...
My daughter asked me why imagination is more important than knowledge… Whilst I have, at the time, tried to...
Space Travel: the next step?
ianmiller, Ian Miller, launch loop, lightcraft, magnetohydrodynamic plasma thrust, Mars, mass driver, Moon, space elevator, space settlement, Space travel, star tram, 0To go or not to go; that is the question. Me, I vote yes, but since we cannot go...
What do we know? Recent planetary exploration brings a flurry of results:
ianmiller, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Ceres, Ceres' white spots, Jupiter family, Kepler 245b, Pluto, SETI, 0The last few months have been remarkable for planetary exploration. We have found a planet about twice the size...
Oldest Life on Earth
Kathleen Campbell, astrobiology, Australia, International Participation, Pilbara, stromatolites, 0This is why I came so far. To see some of the oldest rocks on Earth, preserved within an...
In 2013, I had the great opportunity to interview the Chief Science Advisor of SOFIA, Erick Becklin whilst...
No Life Under Ice at Europa?
ianmiller, biogenesis, Europa, Jovian system, nucleic acid formation, RNA, 0There has been much speculation that there may be life in oceans of water under the ice layer of...
Astrobiology, is the study of life’s potential in the Universe. It also studies the origin, evolution and history of...