NASA Scientists on Why We Might Not Spot Solar Panel Technosignatures Aug. 28, 2024 NASA has not found any credible evidence of extraterrestrial life but is exploring the solar system and beyond to help us answer if we are alone in the universe. Read more Image
Researchers Start Low Frequency Search for Alien Tech in Distant Galaxies Aug. 28, 2024 Usually, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has focused on signals within our galaxy. This new approach goes further, looking at distant galaxies. Read more Image
Discovery of New Earth-like Planet Sheds Light on What Makes a Planet Habitable July 30, 2024 A team of international scientists has announced the discovery of Gliese 12 b, a temperate, Earth-sized exoplanet just 40 light-years away—a relatively neighborly 378 trillion kilometers from our planet. Read more Image
The Ultraviolet Habitable Zone May Set a Time Limit on the Formation of Life July 29, 2024 Scientists have been forced to reconsider many previously held notions about planet formation and evolution and what conditions are necessary for life. Read more Image
An Ancient Partnership: Co-Evolution of Earth Environments and Microbial Life July 26, 2024 The study combines data across multiple fields of study and discusses how information on the complicated history of life on our planet from a single field cannot be viewed in isolation. Read more Image
Life Signs Could Survive near Surfaces of Enceladus and Europa July 25, 2024 A NASA experiment suggests that if signatures of life in the form of organic molecules could survive just under the surface ice despite the harsh radiation on these worlds. Read more Image
Astronomers Find Ice World in the Habitable Zone with JWST Data July 17, 2024 A team of astronomers has identified a temperate exoplanet as a promising super-Earth ice or water world. Read more Image
Could Greenhouse Gases Signal Alien Activity? July 12, 2024 A new study identifies the artificial greenhouse gases that would be giveaways of a terraformed planet. Read more Image
Where Did Vesta Come From? July 11, 2024 NASA-supported researchers have created a simulation to better understand how objects in our solar system’s main asteroid belt were formed. Read more Image
Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample June 28, 2024 An early analysis of the Bennu sample, published June 26 in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, demonstrates that excitement about the sample was warranted. Read more Image