Mega-tsunamis on Mars? Sediments show signs of giant waves from ancient ocean Liquid water is almost non-existent on modern Mars, but scientists say sedimentary deposits show signs that tsunami waves as high as… Read More
1,284 new worlds! Kepler mission doubles its tally of planets in one fell swoop The scientists behind NASA’s Kepler mission are using statistics to put their campaign to identify new planets into overdrive: New software… Read More
Scientists say early Earth’s atmosphere would have left us light-headed Tiny bubbles that were trapped inside 2.7 billion-year-old rocks have led scientists to conclude that Earth’s atmosphere was less than… Read More
SETI Institute launches radio search for alien life amid 20,000 red dwarf stars The SETI Institute is shifting the focus of its search for extraterrestrial intelligence to places that could harbor life that’s… Read More
Why haven’t we found aliens? Here’s the bad news, and the good news It’s a question that goes back decades: If other civilizations have arisen beyond Earth over the course of billions of… Read More
‘Alien megastructure’ update: SETI telescope detects no sign of E.T., but search goes on The SETI Institute says it hasn’t detected any alien radio signals coming from a star whose light seems to be dimming… Read More
Symphonic SpaceFest: ‘Origins’ concert sets the Big Bang and astrobiology to music The Big Bang never looked, or sounded, so good: The piece de resistance for this week’s SpaceFest in Seattle is… Read More
Mars mystery solved? Dark streaks linked to salty water trails For years, scientists have puzzled over dark streaks that appear and disappear on the surface of Mars – and now they’re… Read More
Seeking oxygen in outer space, the next clue to finding life, astronomers say A pair of University of Washington astronomers have unlocked another piece to the puzzle of finding life on other planets. Rodrigo Luger… Read More
