Researchers find a way to detect signs of extraterrestrial life in a single grain of ice Scientists have verified that a method to look for cellular life on Europa, an ice-covered moon of Jupiter, just might… Read More
Scientists trace phosphates to Enceladus, boosting outlook for life on Saturn’s moon Phosphorus, an essential ingredient for life as we know it, has been detected for the first time in water samples… Read More
Astrobiology takes the spotlight: Saturn’s moon Enceladus may offer a ‘free lunch’ The sea that lies beneath the icy surface of Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, could provide even more fuel for… Read More
Astrobiologist lays out undersea scenario for intelligent life on alien water worlds Instead of cave dwellers gathered around a campfire, roasting mastodon meat, imagine an octopus tribe floating around a hydrothermal vent… Read More
Breakthrough Discuss turns spotlight on search for life elsewhere in solar system STANFORD, Calif. — Are there microbes falling in the snows of Enceladus? Could a drone fly to biological hot spots… Read More
Billionaire Yuri Milner discusses his plan to look for life on Saturn moon – and his Russian connections Russian billionaire Yuri Milner today laid out his vision to send the first privately funded interplanetary space mission to look… Read More
Hours before its doom, NASA’s Cassini probe takes its parting shots at Saturn The final pictures from NASA’s 13-year-long Cassini mission at Saturn are flowing in – and they’re good to the last drop.… Read More
Cassini orbiter’s team turns Saturn crash into cause for celebration – and for science Twenty years after its launch to Saturn, NASA has set the Cassini orbiter on a course for certain destruction on… Read More
Enceladus’ plumes suggest that Saturn moon’s ocean could support microbial life Scientists have detected molecules of hydrogen in plumes of watery material erupting from cracks in the ice of Enceladus, a… Read More
