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We Might Be Martians: The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Genomes

Planning on looking at your family tree? If you go back far enough in time, you might discover relatives who used to live on Mars. While that notion may seem a little far-fetched at first, don't laugh. According to MIT News, many scientists consider that life on Earth may be descended from organisms that arrived here from...

Hey ET, Are You Out There? Kepler Helps SETI Tune In

The needle-in-a-haystack search for extraterrestrial signals has narrowed a bit, thanks to NASA's Kepler spacecraft. Scientists announced that, of the 1,235 candidate planets discovered by Kepler, 54 of them were in what's known as the Goldilocks zone, a region close enough to its home sun where a planet may harbor...

NASA's Arsenic-Eating Bug Press Conference [LIVE BLOG]

(Dec. 2) -- The time has finally come for NASA's heavily anticipated press conference, which has generated quite the Internet buzz since the space agency released an enticingly ambiguous press briefing previewing the announcement of an "astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial...

Scientists Find Arsenic-Eating Bug That Holds Clues to Extraterrestrial Life

(Dec. 2) -- Scientists dabbling in the toxic waters of a California lake have found a new species of bacteria that thrives on poisonous arsenic -- a discovery that opens up the likelihood of extraterrestrial life, according to a much anticipated NASA study. Arsenic is a deadly poison to many plants and animals, but the...

NASA's Latest Contraption: The 'Alien' Hype Machine

(Dec. 2) -- Clearly, generating a media buzz is easier than putting a man on the moon. With NASA's recent press release touting an extraterrestrial "astrobiology discovery," the space agency has fueled feverish speculation around the Web in anticipation of today's 2 p.m. EST announcement. Yoda, are you out...

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05/31/12 Arctic bacteria help find life on Jupiter`s Icy Moon Source: Zee News It is not easy to search for life on one of Jupiter's icy moons: Europa as just getting there can be a problem.
05/31/12 Mars methane linked to meteorites Source: PhysOrg.com An international team of scientists show for the first time that meteorites continually bombarding Mars contain enough carbon compounds to generate methane when exposed to ultraviolet radiation.
05/30/12 Meteor gives clues to Mars atmosphere Source: United Press International (UPI) Scientists say a study of a meteorite that fell in Australia could give clues to the atmosphere on Mars and help inform future missions looking for life there.
05/30/12 Aliens may not be so interested in enslaving us after... Source: The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada "Despite what the movies tell us, any aliens that visit Earth probably won't want to enslave or vaporize us, veteran E.T. hunter Jill Tarter says," reports Space.com. "Hostile aliens abound at the multiplex these days, terrorizing our planet in films such as Battleship and Men in Black 3. But science fiction is probably far from reality in its depiction of Earth-contacting extraterrestrials, said Dr. Tarter, who announced ... (May 22) that she's retiring after spending 35 years scanning the heavens for signals from intelligent life beyond Earth [as director of the Center for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)]. 'If aliens were able to visit Earth, that would mean they would have technological capabilities sophisticated enough not to need slaves, food or other planets.
05/29/12 Origin of Life Source: The Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney NSW - Australia "It is mere rubbish, thinking at present of the origin of life; one might as well think of the origin of matter."