Latest about Search for Life
"We're not certain if having widespread liquid pockets instead of a global ocean makes Titan more or less habitable."
Frequent flares from the nearby star TRAPPIST-1 could offer new clues in the search for habitable planets beyond Earth.
But being in this sweet spot doesn't automatically mean a planet is hospitable to life.
An expert dives into the history of radio astronomy and the search for life beyond our Earth.
The giants might've been kicked out, left to live a rogue lifestyle.
New lab experiments suggest that water may not be a rare visitor delivered by chance but rather a fundamental ingredient woven into the process of planetary birth.
Excess heat detected at Saturn moon Enceladus' north pole helps to account for a finely balanced energy budget that keeps the moon's ocean liquefied. What could this mean in the search for life?
New observations of a volatile young star have shown how infant suns could unleash enough energy to trigger biologically relevant chemical reactions in an orbiting planet's atmosphere.
