Rare Earth Hypothesis: Rare Earth Hypothesis. Astrobiology, Panspermia, Abiogenesis, Metaphysical naturalism, Planetary habitability, Fermi paradox, Drake equation, Planetary science
Physorg (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Is there life on other planets? The Vatican has asked that age-old question over the past five days during a "study week" on astrobiology gathering leading scientists from around the world.
The Register (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Little green men OK - female priests not OK The Vatican may be a little closer to deciding how it deals with the tricky problem of extra terrestrial - and most likely non-Catholic - life forms, as it wraps up a conference on astrobiology this week.… What is your recession sales strategy?
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
NASA s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured images of the Phoenix lander shrouded in dry-ice frost on Mars. Phoenix has been inactive since the completion of its mission in November 2008. Early ne
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Voyager spacecraft are now in the outermost layer of the heliosphere, traveling toward interstellar space the first man-made spacecraft to travel such a vast distance from Earth.
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
NASA scientists have reproduced uracil, a key component of the hereditary material, RNA. The uracil was created by exposing an ice sample containing the molecule pyrimidine to ultraviolet radiation un
Alien Life (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation . Here's today's news: g Abodes - Recently, Astrobiology Magazine's climate blog, The Hot Zone, spoke with Anastasia Romanou, associate research scientist at NASA GISS, about the need for precise local measurements of climate phenomena. Local measurements can provide information...
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
NASA s Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered a young star where young planets jostle about like unsettled children. The system may be similar to our own solar system before our planets settled into t
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Recently, Astrobiology Magazine s climate blog, The Hot Zone, spoke with Dr. Anastasia Romanou, Associate Research Scientist at NASA GISS, about the need for precise local measurements of climate phen
Alien Life (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation . Here's today's news: g Abodes - On its final flyby of Mercury, NASA's Messenger spacecraft has captured images of never before seen regions of the planet. Messenger is providing new scientific findings about the closest planet to the sun, and teaching astrobiologists about...
Ask Nicola (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Still in Hild world, so here's some linkage instead of a real blog post. (Though I'm considering making this a weekly feature, if I can work out how to make the time to be organised about it.) Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad . Cory Doctorow opines on BoingBoing. The title says it all. Leaked Courier Video. This just does my head in. Again. If I win the lottery, I won't know whether...
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The most probable place to find intelligent life in the galaxy is around stars very similar to our sun, a new study has found.
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
On its final flyby of Mercury, NASA s Messenger spacecraft has captured images of never before seen regions of the planet. Messenger is providing new scientific findings about the closest planet to th
Overcoming Bias (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Over the last few days I’ve neglected my duties to obsessively browse the last seven years of three journals: Astrobiology, International Journal of Astrobiology, and Origins of Life. In the process I’ve become converted to a more expansive version panspermia – life here probably originated outside our solar system. I’ve also learned: panspermia is no [...]
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Scientists have discovered ultra-primitive material in stratospheric dust samples collected by high-flying aircraft. The material likely wafted into the atmosphere of Earth as our planet passed thro
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
By travelling to the outer solar system, the two Voyager spacecraft allowed us to see amazing details of far-distant planets and moons.
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