NASA’s UAP Study Team Releases Its Final Report
On September 14, 2023, the NASA Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena independent study team published its final report containing a series of recommendations for how the agency could help to move our…
Phosphorus, Rare Building Block for Life, Discovered at Enceladus
Phosphorus has not previously been detected in oceans beyond those on Earth and this discovery provides a promising step forward in our understanding of ocean worlds. Saturn’s moon Enceladus with…
Study: Plate Tectonics is not a Requirement for Life to Originate on Earth-Like Planet
Plate tectonics is a fundamental factor in the sustained habitability of Earth, but its time of onset is unknown, with ages ranging from the Hadean to Proterozoic eon. University of…
Scientists Find Various Organic Compounds in Martian Meteorite
An international team of researchers has detected abundant polyaromatic compounds, organic magnesium compounds, aliphatic branched carboxylic acids, aldehydes, and olefins in the Tissint meteorite, which landed near the city of…
Detecting Extraterrestrial Life on Enceladus Could Be Achieved without Landing: Study
Enceladus, the sixth-biggest moon of Saturn, is a top candidate in the search for extraterrestrial life in the Solar System. An artist’s impression of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft flying through plumes…