EXO LIFE - DARWIN DAILY

A star's birth holds early clues to life-potential

Aug 19, 2016 (SPX)

Our solar system began as a cloud of gas and dust. Over time, gravity slowly pulled these bits together into the Sun and planets we recognize today. While not e...

The outer edge of a star's habitable zone a hard place for life

Aug 19, 2016 (SPX)

Earth is situated right in the middle of our Sun's habitable zone and it's a comfortable place for life. We enjoy a relatively stable climate and the right amou...

Scientists take big step toward recreating primordial 'RNA world'

Aug 18, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have taken a big step toward the laboratory re-creation of the "RNA world," which is generally believed to h...

Kitchen Smoke in nebula offer clues to the building blocks of life

Aug 17, 2016 (SPX)

Using data collected by NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) and other observatories, an international team of researchers has studie...

Is Earthly life premature from a cosmic perspective?

Aug 05, 2016 (SPX)

The universe is 13.8 billion years old, while our planet formed just 4.5 billion years ago. Some scientists think this time gap means that life on other planets...

Feature: ET, when will we see you

Jul 21, 2016 (XNA)

Are we alone? Scientists say they are on the cusp of answering the age-old question about extraterrestrial (ET) life. "We are lucky to be in a special era, with...

Directed Energy invites public to participate in Voices of Humanity

Jul 21, 2016 (SPX)

For the first time ever, individuals will have the opportunity to send their own personal message and/or data into space via microchip. The project entitled "Vo...

If life can make it here, it can make it anywhere

Jul 14, 2016 (SPX)

If the origin of life is common on other worlds, the universe should be a cosmic zoo full of complex multicellular organisms. Dirk Schulze-Makuch, a Washington ...

Researcher Calls for New Tools in Search for Extraterrestrials

Jul 11, 2016 (SPX)

The SETI Institute's Director of Research proposed a broader, multidisciplinary approach to the SETI search, beyond radio and optical modalities, in an article ...

ORNL scientists isolate, culture elusive Yellowstone microbe

Jul 08, 2016 (SPX)

A microbial partnership thriving in an acidic hot spring in Yellowstone National Park has surrendered some of its lifestyle secrets to researchers at the Depart...

Researchers find human development's first gear

Jul 06, 2016 (SPX)

Oxford University researchers are closer to solving a decade-old mystery after discovering that a set of genes they are studying play a key role in early human ...

Meet RobERt, Dreaming Detective for Exoplanet Atmospheres

Jun 28, 2016 (SPX)

Machine-learning techniques that mimic human recognition and dreaming processes are being deployed in the search for habitable worlds beyond our solar system. A...

Where Is the Habitable Zone for M-Dwarf Stars?

Jun 23, 2016 (SPX)

While we know that yellow dwarf stars like our sun are capable of supporting life, there's another star type that is a prime hunting ground for potentially habi...

Prebiotic molecule detected in interstellar cloud

Jun 19, 2016 (SPX)

Chiral molecules - compounds that come in otherwise identical mirror image variations, like a pair of human hands - are crucial to life as we know it. Living th...

The Search for Our Own Alien Life

Jun 17, 2016 (SPX)

Everybody has an opinion about the possibility of alien life. In the movies, contact commonly starts with a violent encounter. Sometimes, the story includes ali...

Parkes telescope detects key feature of life outside our solar system

Jun 17, 2016 (SPX)

The breakthrough is expected to help scientists solve one of the greatest mysteries in biology - the origin of homochirality - and offer insights into what we c...

Life's First Handshake: Chiral Molecule Detected In Interstellar Space - embargo until Tuesday, 14 June 2016

Jun 16, 2016 (SPX)

Like a pair of human hands, certain organic molecules have mirror-image versions of themselves, a chemical property known as chirality. These so-called "handed"...

Life's origins may result from low-energy electron reactions in space

Jun 16, 2016 (SPX)

Wellesley College professor Chris Arumainayagam has opened the American Astronomical Society (AAS) national conference in San Diego, Calif with a discussion abo...

Alien Contact Could Be 1,500 Years Away

Jun 15, 2016 (SPX)

If you're expecting to hear from aliens from across the universe, it could be a while. Deconstructing the Fermi Paradox and pairing it with the Mediocrity Princ...

Alien Contact Could Be 1,500 Years Away - embargo until Tuesday, 14 June 2016, at 2:15 pm US Pacific Daylight Time

Jun 15, 2016 (SPX)

If you're expecting to hear from aliens from across the universe, it could be a while. Deconstructing the Fermi Paradox and pairing it with the Mediocrity Princ...