New Book Reveals Why We Need An Exoplanet Reality Check
Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.
How Earth's early cycles shaped the chemistry of life
A new study explores how complex chemical mixtures change under shifting environmental conditions, shedding light on the ...
How to go fishing for life on another planet (or moon)
To solve that problem, a team of German researchers at the Technical University in Berlin figured that, instead of having a ...
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Introducing William ‘Skeets’ Miller, the bravest reporter I know
Skeets Miller went crawling into that cave and dug his hands bloody, not because he was a great newsman but because he was a ...
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Mark LaFlamme: Introducing William ‘Skeets’ Miller, the bravest reporter I know
Skeets Miller went crawling into that cave and dug his hands bloody, not because he was a great newsman but because he was a great human being. It was compassion that drove Skeets on, not the prospect ...
Spacefarers may contaminate other worlds – but scientists have plans to keep the cosmos clean
The US wants to put a flag on Mars. But there’s a risk it could carry unwanted stowaways that might compromise future ...