A field known as synthetic biology has become one of the most highly anticipated in science. Its outputs range from golden…
Browsing: Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The discovery is one…
Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they carried with them only the…
In the 1970s, images from the NASA Mariner 9 orbiter revealed water-sculpted surfaces on Mars. This settled the once-controversial question…
We often forget how wonderful it is that life exists, and what a special and unique phenomenon it is. As…
Could humans expand beyond their homeworld and establish settlements on the planet Mars? The idea of settling the red planet…
Water is ubiquitous on Earth – about 70% of Earth’s surface is covered by the stuff. Water is in the…
NASA plans to send humans on a scientific round trip to Mars potentially as early as 2035. The trip will…
Thirty seconds (and two years) to Mars Humans are going to Mars… in four years. And that’s if, and only…
NASA has announced the first detection of possible biosignatures in a rock on the surface of Mars. The rock contains…