A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

The Perseverance rover has arrived at what’s thought to be an ancient shoreline on Mars.

Sean McMahon, Chancellor's Fellow in Astrobiology, The University of Edinburgh • conversation
April 23, 2024 • ~7 min

Nasa to overhaul mission returning samples from Mars – here’s why it must and will go ahead

There’s anxiety among space scientists following Nasa’s decision to rethink sample return mission from Mars.

John Bridges, Professor of Planetary Science, University of Leicester • conversation
April 22, 2024 • ~7 min

Crucial building blocks of life on Earth can more easily form in outer space – new research

Perhaps life is more common in the universe that we think.

Christian Schroeder, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science and Planetary Exploration, University of Stirling • conversation
April 18, 2024 • ~6 min

1 ice grain from Jupiter’s moon may be enough to find signs of life

If life exists on moons orbiting Saturn and Jupiter, instruments headed there in the fall may just need a tiny ice grain to find it.

Hannah Hickey-U. Washington • futurity
April 10, 2024 • ~7 min

Why there may be oceans inside dwarf planets beyond Pluto – and what this means for the likely abundance of life

The Solar System could be awash with oceans, not on the surface but hidden inside the most surprising bodies

David Rothery, Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University • conversation
April 4, 2024 • ~8 min

Mysterious sound waves came from a truck, not a meteor

Sound waves thought to be from a 2014 meteor fireball were almost certainly vibrations from a truck rumbling along a nearby road.

Roberto Molar Candanosa-Johns Hopkins • futurity
March 11, 2024 • ~4 min

Jupiter’s moon Europa produces less oxygen than we thought – it may affect our chances of finding life there

Only about 12kg of oxygen is produced per second on Europa, which is on the lower side of previous estimates from about 5kg to 1,100 kg per second.

Andrew Coates, Professor of Physics, Deputy Director (Solar System) at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL • conversation
March 4, 2024 • ~6 min

Is oxygen vital for advanced alien tech?

New research explores the links between atmospheric oxygen and detecting alien technology on distant planets.

Lindsey Valich-Rochester • futurity
Jan. 3, 2024 • ~6 min

UFOs: how astronomers are searching the sky for alien probes near Earth

Several scientific projects are aiming to investigate UFO sightings.

Beatriz Villarroel, Assistant professor of Physics, Stockholm University • conversation
Dec. 6, 2023 • ~7 min

Seti: how we're searching for alien life at previously unexplored frequencies

Previous searches for extraterrestrial life have included only the radio band above 600 MHz, leaving lower frequencies virtually unexplored.

Owen Johnson, PhD Candidate of Astrophysics, Trinity College Dublin • conversation
Dec. 5, 2023 • ~7 min

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