Tag Archive for 'Extraterrestrial life'

This artistic concept shows Kepler-186f. Image credit: NASA Ames / SETI Institute / JPL-CalTech.

New Methane-Hunting Tool May Advance Search for Alien Life

Jun 17, 2014 by News Staff

UK and Australian astronomers have developed a powerful new tool that could help detect chemical signs of alien life on planets outside of the Solar System. The...

This image shows a diatom frustule, possibly a Nitzschia species, captured on a stud from a height of 25 km in the stratosphere. Image credit: Milton Wainwright et al.

Astrobiologists Claim to Have Found Extraterrestrial Life Form in Earth’s Stratosphere

Sep 19, 2013 by News Staff

British astrobiologists are claiming to have found alien life form in the Earth’s stratosphere. They collected a small diatom frustule that could...

This image shows a large and very complex, thick-walled, carbon-rich microfossil that the team has identified as a hystrichosphere. Scale bar - 100 μm (Jamie Wallis et al)

Alien Algae? Scientists Say They Have Found Microfossils in Meteorite

Mar 13, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

In a controversial paper published in the March issue of the Journal of Cosmology, scientists from Cardiff University with colleagues from Sri Lanka and...

An artist’s impression of a habitable planet orbiting a white dwarf. The ghostly blue ring is a planetary nebula - hydrogen gas the star ejected as it evolved from a red giant to a white dwarf (David A. Aguilar / CfA)

White Dwarfs Hold Key to Finding Extraterrestrial Life

Feb 26, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new theoretical study of Earth-like exoplanets orbiting white dwarf stars, accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical...

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