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Why NASA is studying 1.2-billion-year-old Scottish rocks for clues to ancient life on Mars and the Red Planet’s watery past- In 2025, scientists found 'strongest hints yet' of life on Mars and K2-18b—but, a survey of hundreds of astrobiologists say we still haven’t found aliens
- In 2005, scientists thawed 32,000-year-old organisms frozen since the Ice Age, and they started swimming almost immediately, challenging everything we knew about life's limits
- NASA has discovered planets so strange they sound completely impossible: From worlds that rain molten glass to giant “marshmallow” planetsScientists are discovering strange new planets beyond our solar system. These worlds defy old ideas about how planets form and what they lo...12 May, 2026, 07.02 PM IST
- How Close Is the Nearest Earth-Like Planet, Really?Astronomers are actively searching for Earth-like planets, with thousands of exoplanets now confirmed. While Proxima Centauri b is the clos...24 Feb, 2026, 03.29 PM IST
- NASA announces life on Mars? Did the new rover discover signs of water or oxygen?Did NASA announce life on Mars? NASA’s Perseverance rover drilled a mudstone core showing minerals and textures, vivianite and greigite, th...15 Sep, 2025, 09.39 PM IST
- Is Europa, Jupiter's ocean moon, the final haven for life once the sun dies? Here's what a recent study showsIn approximately 4.5 billion years, as the sun transforms into a red giant and engulfs Earth, Jupiter's moon Europa may offer a temporary r...03 Jun, 2025, 10.07 PM IST
- Is this the first proof of life beyond Earth? Scientists call it "strongest evidence yet" as they spot bio-signatures on alien planet 'K2-18 b'Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected potential biosignatures in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18 b. The discovery...17 Apr, 2025, 07.45 PM IST
- Scientists stumble upon a strange ‘Super-Earth’; Here's what makes it so unusualScientists from Oxford University have confirmed the discovery of HD 20794 d, a “super-Earth” exoplanet located 20 light-years away, which ...17 Feb, 2025, 10.41 PM IST
- NASA hasn't found life on Mars, but it's very excited about this rockNASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered a rock, Cheyava Falls, on Mars that may hold clues to past life, though scientists emphasize no li...26 Jul, 2024, 09.07 AM IST
- What if there's alien life on Mars, but our rovers just can't 'see' it?On Earth, most organisms use photosynthesis to harness energy from sunlight.22 Feb, 2023, 06.36 PM IST
- Life on Mars? This may be the place to find themRocks collected by Perseverance are filled with organic molecules, and they formed in a lake that would have been habitable a few billion y...16 Oct, 2022, 09.48 AM IST
- Astronomers see possible hints of life in the clouds of VenusTwo telescopes in Hawaii and Chile spotted in the thick Venutian clouds the chemical signature of phosphine, a noxious gas that on Earth is...14 Sep, 2020, 08.50 PM IST
- Life may be evolving on nearest exoplanets: StudyAccording to the study, published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, life already has survived this kind of ...10 Apr, 2019, 05.56 PM IST
- Over 100 exoplanets that may host habitable moons identifiedTerrestrial (rocky) planets are prime targets in the quest to find life because some of them might be geologically and atmospherically simi...15 Jun, 2018, 12.39 PM IST
- Over 100 planets with life-hosting moons identifiedWashington, June 15 (IANS) Researchers have identified more than 121 giant planets that potentially host moons capable of supporting life.15 Jun, 2018, 11.37 AM IST
- Gas molecules may help search for alien lifeThe researchers laid the groundwork for identifying such gases by conducting a massive search for molecules with six or fewer non-hydrogen ...06 May, 2016, 04.28 PM IST
- NASA launches project to search for alien lifeGPI has already imaged two previously known exoplanets and disks of planetary debris orbiting young stars where planets recently formed.28 Apr, 2015, 04.59 PM IST
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