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“Astrobiology”

May 16, 2013 12:22 PM ET // Markus Hammonds
Venus might not be somewhere you'd expect to find life, but there's a chance that its sulfrous clouds could be hiding something. Continue reading →
Apr 8, 2013 01:11 PM ET // Ray Villard
It is thought that Mars life will have burrowed deep under the ground, well out of the reach of Curiosity's drill. ->
Mar 22, 2013 10:59 AM ET // Markus Hammonds
What if we're looking at planets that DO have life, but we're not seeing it because we don't know any better? ->
Mar 14, 2013 06:03 AM ET // Markus Hammonds
A recent study suggests that most of the galaxy's terrestrial planets may orbit red dwarf stars -- could there be alien life on any of these worlds? ->
Mar 7, 2013 01:29 PM ET // Markus Hammonds
Astrochemists have detected two complex molecules in interstellar space, which may provide more clues as to where life's first complex molecules came from. ->
Jun 15, 2012 09:19 AM ET // Sarah Simpson
Wisps of volcanic gas, rather than photosynthesis, may energize mysterious microbes eking out an existence on the tallest volcanoes in South America's Atacama Desert.
Nov 9, 2009 12:46 PM ET // Irene Klotz