For decades, scientists assumed that life on Earth emerged through a chain of highly improbable flukes. But a new theory ...

Astrobiology is a multidisciplinary scientific field that seeks to understand the potential for life beyond Earth. It ...

Research conducted at the Astrobiology Space Simulation Facility of the Institute of Aerospace Medicine of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Cologne is ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about ...

Geobiology and Astrobiology are two vibrant and rapidly growing areas of interdisciplinary inquiry at CU-Boulder with many of our faculty engaged in cutting edge research at the interface of the two ...

If the outages persist, then the deadline will be extended further. Students will work with scientists at the SETI Institute and at the nearby NASA Ames Research Center on projects spanning the field ...

Is life as rare as we once believed? A new Penn State study suggests that intelligent life is more likely than previously ...

Dark oxygen, a newly identified form of oxygen, raises questions about life in extreme environments and its implications for ...

The purpose of this award is to encourage undergraduates to enter the field of SETI and/or astrobiology and to encourage interns to become SETI ambassadors. It is open to undergraduate students from ...