The researchers found strong evidence of a chemical called dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the planet's atmosphere. On Earth, DMS ...

An astronomer at Columbia University is suggesting that because life emerged so soon on Earth after its formation, it may ...

Scientists detect alien gases hinting at life on a distant planet. Discover the implications of this potential breakthrough.

What if humanity's search for life on other planets returns no hits? A team of researchers led by Dr. Daniel Angerhausen, a Physicist in Professor Sascha Quanz's Exoplanets and Habitability Group ...

Students will work with scientists at the SETI Institute and at the nearby NASA Ames Research Center on projects spanning the field of astrobiology, from microbiology to planetary geology to ...

Geobiology and Astrobiology are two vibrant and rapidly growing areas of interdisciplinary inquiry at CU-Boulder with many of our faculty engaged in cutting edge research at the interface of the two ...

Throughout any given year, the National Academies convene hundreds of conferences, workshops, symposia, forums, roundtables, and other gatherings that attract the finest minds in academia and the ...

Nathalie has been a Principal Investigator (PI) at the SETI Institute since 1998. She leads projects in planetary science and astrobiology, develops science exploration strategies for Mars, Titan, and ...

Space exploration and the development of space technologies are playing an increasingly important role, not least due to the planned return to the Moon. Experiments with various biological objects in ...

Prof. Templeton trains students and postdoctoral scholars in the realms of geochemistry, geomicrobiology and astrobiology and supervises the Raman Chemical Imaging laboratory. Prof. Templeton is also ...

While the new findings have made headlines, a look at the history of astrobiology shows similar discoveries have been inconclusive in the past. The issue is partly theoretical: scientists and ...