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The mass spectrometer ORIGIN. Credit: © University of Bern, Image: Andreas Riedo Researchers at the University of Bern have developed the highly sensitive ORIGIN instrument,…
Composite of images taken by Japanese spacecraft Akatsuki of Venus. Credit: JAXA / ISAS / DARTS / Damia Bouic Study shows the destabilizing effect of…
Artist’s impression of Mars Express. The background is based on an actual image of Mars taken by the spacecraft’s high resolution stereo camera. Credit: Spacecraft…
Considering what we know about the key ingredients for life’s formation on Earth, here are three explanations for how this process may have occurred on…
In this illustration, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover uses the Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL). Located on the turret at the end of the rover’s…
A fully automated microchip electrophoresis analyzer could someday be deployed in the search for life on other worlds. Credit: Adapted from Analytical Chemistry 2020, DOI:…
A Southwest Research Institute scientist has identified stellar phosphorus as a probable marker in narrowing the search for life in the cosmos. Stars with phosphorus…
This artistic impression depicts our Solar System neighbour Venus, where scientists have confirmed the detection of phosphine molecules. The molecules were detected in the Venusian…
The Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope, a portion of which is pictured here, was used to explore hundreds of times more broadly than any previous…
This artistic impression depicts Venus. Astronomers at MIT, Cardiff University, and elsewhere may have observed signs of life in the atmosphere of Venus. Credit: ESO…
A planet orbiting a small star produces strong atmospheric signals when it passes in front, or “transits,” its host star, as pictured above. White dwarfs…
This artistic illustration depicts the Venusian surface and atmosphere, as well as phosphine molecules. These molecules float in the windblown clouds of Venus at altitudes…
This artistic impression depicts Venus. Astronomers at MIT, Cardiff University, and elsewhere may have observed signs of life in the atmosphere of Venus. Credits: Image:…
Scientists from Japan have found concluding evidence for the presence of a particular complex organic molecule in the regions of less dense gas clouds for…
The Trappist-1 planetary system has three planets in its habitable zone, whereas our system only has one. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Our solar system has one habitable…
Scheme which represents the origin of phosphorus on Earth, with respect to possible stellar sources of phosphorus in our Galaxy. Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM…
As seen in this artist’s concept, the SHERLOC instrument is located on the end of the robotic arm of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech…
The Stunning surface of Jupiter’s moon, Europa. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute A new model from NASA scientists supports the theory that the interior ocean in Jupiter’s…
Artist’s impression of the Rosalind Franklin Rover on Mars. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab NASA has stepped closer to allowing remote onboard computers to direct the search…