Scientists uncover crucial role Jupiter played in Earth's development

Many scientists call Jupiter the architect of the solar system because its immense gravity influenced the orbits of other ...
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NASA Mars Evidence Rekindles Life Debate

NASA’s report of potential signs of ancient life on Mars has reignited a long-running scientific debate about how common life ...

NASA discovered a bacteria that can ‘play dead’—and might have accidentally sent it to Mars

In 2013, NASA discovered a bacteria evading its most stringent disinfections. Scientists just figured out how it does it.
Astronomy

Can Mars’ ice confirm past life?

Researchers simulated Martian permafrost and ice cap conditions in a laboratory, exposing *Escherichia coli* samples in pure water ice and water-sediment mixtures to cosmic radiation equivalent to 50 ...

The Most Vexing Variable in the Search for E.T.

This is the last of three blog posts associated with this week’s episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, which addresses life in the universe. Read the first and second here. Someday, in the not too ...

How a young Jupiter saved Earth from falling into the Sun

Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals, formed ...
New Scientist

The Martian permafrost may be hiding veins of habitable liquid water

Buried underground near the surface, frozen regions of Mars could have tiny hidden channels full of liquid water, which could be a habitable environment for microscopic organisms ...
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Scientists Just Uncovered a Surprising Connection Between Jupiter and Earth’s Formation!

Jupiter, the colossal planet at the heart of our solar system, has long been a subject of intrigue. Recent research from Rice ...

Mars Discovery Means ‘Galaxy Could Be Teeming With Life,’ Scholar Says

NASA’s discovery of potential evidence of ancient life on Mars means “our galaxy could be teeming with life,” says a ...