It’s all well and good to talk big about finding traces of life on Mars, but we also need to know where to look. Getting to Mars is hard – we want to make...
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Terminator Zones on Harsh Planets May Sustain Life in an Endless Twilight : ScienceAlert
Earth, currently, is our only blueprint for planetary habitability. There may be life elsewhere out there in the big, wide galaxy, but ours is the only world on which we know, for a certainty,...
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Scientists Identify Chemical Reaction That May Have Triggered Life on Earth : ScienceAlert
There was a critical point early in Earth’s history when chemical reactions among the mix of organic molecules began to be powered from within, forming something we might start to think of as biological....
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Bacteria Found Riding The Plumes of Deep Sea Vents Hint at How Ancient Life Spread : ScienceAlert
The cloudy material that drifts from chimney-like vents in the ocean floor could harbor microscopic lifeforms scientists never even knew existed. The ridges of the ocean seabed are littered with fissures called hydrothermal vents...
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Exploring The ‘Multiverse’ Could Be Key to Finding The Best Conditions For Life : ScienceAlert
Is our Universe all there is, or could there be more? Is our Universe just one of a countless multitude, all together in an all-encompassing multiverse? And if there are other universes, what would...
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Evolution Could Predate Life Itself, Protein Discovery Suggests : ScienceAlert
Scientists have carefully simulated conditions on Earth in the earliest part of its history, some 4.6 billion years ago, hoping to unlock a greater understanding of how amino acids brought the first ingredients for...
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There Might Be a Simple Reason We Haven’t Found Life on Mars : ScienceAlert
Mars rovers tasked with hunting for traces of biology could roll over microscopic life forms without smelling a thing, simply because their instruments aren’t up to the task. A new study carried out in...
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More Life Than We Ever Realized Could Survive in The Deep Dark of The Ocean : ScienceAlert
The Sun gives life to our planet through its rays, and yet some fascinating lifeforms don’t need light to live. Instead of using photosynthesis to store energy in their chemical bonds, some microbes rely...
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A Billion-Dollar Biotech Company Plans to Bring The Dodo Back to Life : ScienceAlert
Billion-dollar startup Colossal Biosciences claims it has come a step closer to reviving the dodo, a flightless bird that has been extinct since the 17th century. The futuristic plan is only possible now that...
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This Island Appeared Out of Nowhere, With Life Forms Never Seen Before : ScienceAlert
When a new island arose from the South Pacific in 2015, it created an unprecedented opportunity not just for geologists and volcanologists, but for biologists and ecologists, too. The appearance of a new island...
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