Baseline tool could separate alien life signals from geology on ocean worlds

Martian Organic Geochemistry: Contextualizing Recent Organic Molecule Discoveries in the Search for Life's Origins

This review article examines recent findings of organic molecules in martian meteorites and from Mars rover missions, contextualizing them w

Curiosity Rover Identifies ‘Astrobiologically Relevant’ Compounds in Martian Clay

Perseverance Rover Detects Intact Organic Molecules on Mars, Boosting Search for Ancient Life

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected intact organic molecules on Mars near previously described potential signatures of ancient microbial

Why scientists fear we're missing evidence of extraterrestrial life

The interdisciplinary struggle to define life in the search for extraterrestrial existence

This article explores the interdisciplinary challenge of defining "life" in the context of astrobiology and the search for life beyond Earth

The interdisciplinary struggle to define life in the search for extraterrestrial existence

This article explores the interdisciplinary challenge of defining "life" in the context of astrobiology and the search for life beyond Earth

Scientists adapt ecological analysis methods to detect potential life on icy moons like Enceladus and Europa

Scientists are using ecological methods to study icy moons like Saturn's Enceladus and Jupiter's Europa, which likely have subsurface oceans