Scientists in Peru Successfully Grow a Potato in Mars Simulator"In a lab in the Peruvian capital of Lima, a simulator mimicking the harsh conditions found on Mars now contains a hint of life: a nascent potato plant..."Posted: 30 March 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: telegraph.co.uk Read more at telegraph.co.uk > |
Have Mars Rover's Wheels Been Corroded by Martian Organisms?"The Rover Curiosity's aluminum wheels were designed to last 1,000 miles over rugged Martian terrain. Instead, they fell apart in less than 10 miles, after they were attacked and colonized by Martian fungi and bacteria which began eating them from the inside out..."Posted: 26 March 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: cosmology.com Read more at cosmology.com > |
Did Unsterilized Rovers Transport Life to Mars?"There is considerable evidence of life on Mars which is similar to Earthly fungi and bacteria (Joseph 2016, Joseph & Rabb, 2016). The question is, where did these organisms and their ancestors come from?..."Posted: 17 March 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: cosmology.com Read more at cosmology.com > |
Harvard Scientists Suggest Fast Radio Bursts Could Have ET Origin"Fast radio bursts have always been one of the Universe's greatest unsolved mysteries. The existence of extraterrestrial life is another..."Posted: 12 March 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: natureworldnews.com Read more at natureworldnews.com > |
Ice Eruptions on Dwarf Planet Ceres Could Indicate Hidden Life"Scientists are learning more about how the dwarf planet Ceres formed, with an eye on whether there could be extraterrestrial life there. Until recently, a volcano on Ceres was erupting salty material from below the planet's surface..."Posted: 09 March 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: ibtimes.com Read more at ibtimes.com > |
Earliest Evidence of Life on Earth 'Found'"Scientists have discovered what they say could be fossils of some of the earliest living organisms on Earth. They are represented by tiny filaments, knobs and tubes in Canadian rocks dated to be up to 4.28 billion years old..."Posted: 05 March 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: bbc.co.uk Read more at bbc.co.uk > |
SpaceX Reveals Private Manned Mission to the Moon in 2018"SpaceX says it’s making plans to send two private citizens around the moon late next year – using its yet-to-be-flown Falcon Heavy rocket and its crew-capable Dragon capsule, which is still under development..."Posted: 28 February 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: geekwire.com Read more at geekwire.com > |
SETI Aim Their Antennas at Newly-Discovered Solar System"Distant star boasts seven Earth-like planets were discovered last year, boosting hopes that life could be thriving on at least one of them..."Posted: 28 February 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: thesun.co.uk Read more at thesun.co.uk > |
Seven Earth-sized Planets Discovered Around Single Star"Astronomers have detected a record seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a single star. The researchers say that all seven could potentially support liquid water on the surface, depending on the other properties of those planets..."Posted: 22 February 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: bbc.co.uk Read more at bbc.co.uk > |
Winston Churchill's Views on Aliens Revealed in Lost Essay"A newly unearthed essay by Winston Churchill reveals he was open to the possibility of life on other planets..."Posted: 17 February 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: bbc.co.uk Read more at bbc.co.uk > |
'Organic Compounds' Discovered on Dwarf Planet Ceres"Scientists say they have found organic compounds on the dwarf planet Ceres, boosting the tiny world's attractiveness in the hunt for extraterrestrial life..."Posted: 17 February 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: theaustralian.com.au Read more at theaustralian.com.au > |
NASA Reveal Plans to Drill for Life on Jupiter's Icy Moon Europa"Back in early 2016, NASA commissioned a Science Definition Team (SDT) of 21 scientists to design a lander headed to Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter, located over 390 million miles from Earth..."Posted: 13 February 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: thetechnews.com Read more at thetechnews.com > |
Researchers Find Evidence of 'Artificial' Structures on the Moon"Members of the Society For Planetary SETI Research (SPSR) have recently published a paper in the Journal of Space Exploration about certain features on the far side of the moon that appear in the crater Paracelsus C..."Posted: 02 February 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: collective-evolution.com Read more at collective-evolution.com > |
New Theory Suggests Earth May Be Seeding Life on the Moon"Oxygen being picked up by solar winds and transported from the Earth's atmosphere to the Moon could show aliens exist on the lunar satellite, new research found..."Posted: 02 February 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: dailystar.co.uk Read more at dailystar.co.uk > |
Microbes Shown to Survive in Simulated Martian Conditions"It is theoretically possible for Mars to support microbes, a new study has found..."Posted: 23 January 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: wired.co.uk Read more at wired.co.uk > |
New Mars Simulation Crew Begin Eight Month Isolation in Hawaii"Crammed into a dome with one bathroom, six scientists will spend eight months munching on mostly freeze-dried foods -- with a rare treat of Spam -- and have only their small sleeping quarters to retreat to for solace..."Posted: 20 January 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: ctvnews.ca Read more at ctvnews.ca > |
Could Dark Streaks in Venus' Clouds Be Signs of Alien Life?"The question of life on Venus, of all places, is intriguing enough that a team of U.S. and Russian scientists working on a proposal for a new mission to the second planet — named Venera-D — are considering including the search for life in its mission goals..."Posted: 12 January 2017 - Category: Life in Space - Source: space.com Read more at space.com > |
'METI' Group Plan to Transmit Alien Friendly Messages into Space"One of the biggest priorities of the world's scientists is seeking evidence that would lead to confirmation of the existence of extraterrestrial life..."Posted: 27 December 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: zeenews.india.com Read more at zeenews.india.com > |
Discovery of Mineral on Mars Brings Latest Hope for Life"Today, the Red Planet is a dry, dusty landscape devoid of hospitable environments, but the Mars of yesteryear, evidence suggests, was a far more forgiving place..."Posted: 20 December 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: astronomy.com Read more at astronomy.com > |
Three 'Mile-High Buildings' Found in a Straight Line on Mars"UFO conspiracy websites are posting this image which some allege shows three mile-high towers built in a line on the surface of the Red Planet..."Posted: 10 December 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: express.co.uk Read more at express.co.uk > |
Artificial Intelligence Joins the Search for Extraterrestrial Life"Machine learning software, based on the algorithms used by Google and Netflix, has joined the hunt for aliens..."Posted: 10 December 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: express.co.uk Read more at express.co.uk > |
Search for Alien Life Needs Humans on Mars, Says NASA Chief"Ellen Stofan, current NASA chief scientist, said sending humans to Mars would be a powerful step in the search for life beyond Earth..."Posted: 10 December 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: space.com Read more at space.com > |
Alien Life May Be Lurking in the Clouds of Brown Dwarf Stars"Finding planets with the right kind of atmosphere to support alien life is something astronomers are constantly striving towards..."Posted: 07 December 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: dailymail.co.uk Read more at dailymail.co.uk > |
Is Dimming of Tabby's Star Due to Energy Mining by ET Beings?"Since 2015, a star that can be seen mysteriously brightening and dimming has captured the imagination of scientists and conspiracy theorists alike..."Posted: 04 December 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: dailymail.co.uk Read more at dailymail.co.uk > |
Approval Granted for Mars Rover That Will Hunt for ET Life"Europe will push ahead with its plan to put a UK-assembled robotic rover on the surface of Mars in 2021..."Posted: 04 December 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: bbc.co.uk Read more at bbc.co.uk > |
Earth-Like Planet Found That May Lead to ET Evidence"A group of researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), the University of Tokyo, and the Astrobiology Center among others has observed the transit of a potentially Earth-like extrasolar planet known as K2-3d..."Posted: 30 November 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: dailygalaxy.com Read more at dailygalaxy.com > |
Chinese Astronaut Heard Inexplicable 'Knocking' in Space Craft"Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei said that he had heard a mysterious knock during his flight in space, China Central Television reported..."Posted: 28 November 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: china.org.cn Read more at china.org.cn > |
'Ruins of Ancient Walled City' Found on Mars?"A video produced by the United Family of Anomaly Hunters entitled 'NASA Spots Walled Cities on Mars from MRO Satellite' has been uploaded to YouTube, prompting a fierce debate about whether it could actually be the earthworks of a former ancient alien settlement on the surface of the planet..."Posted: 28 November 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: express.co.uk Read more at express.co.uk > |
Silica 'Cauliflower' Discovery Could Prove Existence of Life on Mars"The hunt for signs of life on Mars has been on for decades, and so far scientists have found only barren dirt and rocks..."Posted: 24 November 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: smithsonianmag.com Read more at smithsonianmag.com > |
Earth Only Has 1,000 Years Left, Stephen Hawking Predicts"The quantum physicist Stephen Hawking gives humanity a much-needed warning. He firmly believes that the planet Earth has only 1,000 years left..."Posted: 17 November 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: morningnewsusa.com Read more at morningnewsusa.com > |
'Funnel' on Mars Could Contain Alien Life, Say Scientists"A strangely shaped depression on Mars could be a new place to look for signs of life on the Red Planet, researchers say..."Posted: 14 November 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: futurity.org Read more at futurity.org > |
Proposals for the 'First Nation State in Space' Unveiled"Proposals for the 'first nation state in space' have been unveiled by a team of scientists and legal experts, who say the move will foster peace, open up access to space technologies and offer protection for citizens of planet Earth..."Posted: 16 October 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: theguardian.com Read more at theguardian.com > |
Controversial Discovery Detects Possible ET 'Spectral Signals'"Two astronomers have generated a debate by claiming that they may have found the spectral signature of messages from an extraterrestrial civilization – but the debate is mostly over whether the claims are worth publishing..."Posted: 13 October 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: geekwire.com Read more at geekwire.com > |
Obama Pushes US Goal to Send Humans to Mars by 2030s"President Barack Obama sought Tuesday to reinvigorate his six-year-old call for the U.S. to send humans to Mars by the 2030s, a mission NASA has been slowly and quietly trudging away at..."Posted: 13 October 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: mcclatchydc.com Read more at mcclatchydc.com > |
NASA Official Implies Secret Knowledge of ETs?"In a posting that is almost too good to not be a hoax, not to mention possibly being bait for conspiracy theorists, a top NASA official has allegedly opened up about aliens — sort of..."Posted: 10 October 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: inquisitr.com Read more at inquisitr.com > |
Alien Life 'Could Feed on Cosmic Rays'"A bizarre microbe found deep in a gold mine in South Africa could provide a model for how life might survive in seemingly uninhabitable environments through the cosmos. .."Posted: 08 October 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: sciencemag.org Read more at sciencemag.org > |
Elon Musk Outlines Mars Colony Vision"Entrepreneur Elon Musk has outlined his vision for establishing a human colony on Mars for people that can afford a $200,000 ticket price..."Posted: 28 September 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: bbc.co.uk Read more at bbc.co.uk > |
Europa Moon 'Spewing Water Jets' That Could Hold Life"Further evidence has been obtained to show that Jupiter's icy moon Europa throws jets of water out into space. Scientists first reported the behaviour in 2013 using the Hubble telescope, but have now made a follow-up sighting..."Posted: 26 September 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: bbc.co.uk Read more at bbc.co.uk > |
Elon Musk to Announce Mars Colonisation Plans Next Week"For Elon Musk, human survival could be dependent on the colonization of other planets, and next week the SpaceX CEO will reveal all about his 'crazy' blueprint for a city on Mars..."Posted: 24 September 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: rt.com Read more at rt.com > |
Campaign Aims to Reissue Carl Sagan's Golden Record"Carl Sagan’s Voyager Golden Record — of sounds of Earth, recorded greetings and an eclectic mix of music that was sent into space — has long been out of print and pretty much unobtainable for decades..."Posted: 22 September 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: nytimes.com Read more at nytimes.com > |
Fossilized Alien Worm Spotted on Mars?"According to the latest bizarre claim by Mars anomaly researchers, an alien snake, or worm-like creature, has been spotted slithering between rocks on Mars..."Posted: 19 September 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: inquisitr.com Read more at inquisitr.com > |
Alien Writing Spotted on Mars?"A space enthusiast uncovered what he believes to be the remains of an abandoned spaceship or machine crashed on the surface of the Red Planet. The 'object' appears to be covered in an unusual hieroglyph-style pattern..."Posted: 15 September 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: dailystar.co.uk Read more at dailystar.co.uk > |
NASA Astronaut Says He Believes Aliens Exist"The question, 'Are we alone in the universe?' has been one of the most complex thoughts that has baffled many of us..."Posted: 13 September 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: scienceworldreport.com Read more at scienceworldreport.com > |
'Ancient Alien Antenna' Spotted in Moon Photo"A UFO hunter has claimed he's spotted an 'ancient alien spire' sticking up off the surface of the Moon..."Posted: 11 September 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: mirror.co.uk Read more at mirror.co.uk > |
New Exoplanet 'Think Tank' Will Ask the Big Questions"An international exoplanet ‘think tank’ is meeting this week in Cambridge to deliberate on the ten most important questions that humanity could answer in the next decade about planets outside our solar system..."Posted: 07 September 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: cam.ac.uk Read more at cam.ac.uk > |
Scientists Sceptical Over Alien Signal Claim"The media has been ablaze with the story of a strong signal from space detected by a team of Russian astronomers last spring that the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute recently trained their telescopes on to attempt to detect..."Posted: 04 September 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: openminds.tv Read more at openminds.tv > |
'Strong Signal' from Space Found that Could Be of Intelligent Origin"The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is investigating a 'strong signal' from a star that is known to have at least one planet in its orbit, leading at least one scientist to consider the possibility that the signal is of intelligent origin, Business & Tech Observer is reporting..."Posted: 30 August 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: inquisitr.com Read more at inquisitr.com > |
Earth-Like Planet Confirmed Orbiting the Sun's Closest Star"The nearest habitable world beyond our Solar System might be right on our doorstep - astronomically speaking..."Posted: 25 August 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: bbc.co.uk Read more at bbc.co.uk > |
New, Nearby Earth-Like Planet May Have Been Discovered"Scientists are preparing to unveil a new planet in our galactic neighborhood which is 'believed to be Earth-like' and orbits its star at a distance that could favor life, German weekly Der Spiegel reported Friday..."Posted: 22 August 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: seeker.com Read more at seeker.com > |
China Planning Manned Radar Station on the Moon"China has commissioned a group of scientists to study the feasibility of building a manned radar station on the moon, but many experts on the mainland have questioned the potentially massive cost of the project and the usefulness of building such a base..."Posted: 22 August 2016 - Category: Life in Space - Source: scmp.com Read more at scmp.com > |