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An Answer To Another Of Life's Big Questions Monash, Australia (SPX) Feb 08, 2010 
Monash University biochemists have found a critical piece in the evolutionary puzzle that explains how life on Earth evolved millions of centuries ago.
The team, from the School of Biomedical Sciences, has described the process by which bacteria developed into more complex cells and found this crucial step happened much earlier in the evolutionary timeline than previously thought.
Te ... read moreNo Soup For You 
London UK (SPX) Feb 08, 2010For 80 years it has been accepted that early life began in a 'primordial soup' of organic molecules before evolving out of the oceans millions of years later. Today the 'soup' theory has been over turned in a pioneering paper in BioEssays which claims it was the Earth's chemical energy, from hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, which kick-started early life. "Textbooks have it that life ... more
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US warns China against 'stillborn' climate deal
Businessman to fly African flags on space trip NASA to launch solar observatory Europe battles declining influence Prius: world's most popular hybrid Russia wants to charge more for rides to space: report Russia, China agree on nuclear construction cost: report China-born aerospace engineer gets 15 years for spying Mexico climate summit set for early December in Cancun Climate change impact of soil underestimated: study 
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Looking For Life In The Multiverse
Miami FL (SPX) Jan 18, 2010Is there anybody out there? In Alejandro Jenkins' case, the question refers not to whether life exists elsewhere in the universe, but whether it exists in other universes outside of our own. While that might be a mind-blowing concept for the layperson to ponder, it's all in a day's work for Jenkins, a postdoctoral associate in theoretical high-energy physics at The Florida State University ... more Calling E.T. may not be a smart move, say some 
London (AFP) Jan 29, 2010In 2008, NASA beamed the Beatles song "Across the Universe" into deep space, sending a message of peace to any extraterrestrial who happens to be in the region of Polaris, also called the North Star, in 2439. "Amazing! Well done, NASA!" Paul McCartney said. "Send my love to the aliens." Who could argue with such a well-meaning, positive initiative? Quite a few, actually. As the c ... more Law of probabilities backs hopes for E.T., conference hears 
London (AFP) Jan 25, 2010The law of probabilities backs theories that we are not alone in the Universe, although an encounter with an advanced civilisation may shock our species, scientists at a conference said here on Monday. "There is no firm evidence that life exists elsewhere, but there is a very firm probability (for it)," said Baruch Blumberg, an astrobiologist at the Fox Chance Cancer Center in Philadelphia. ... more Alien Life May Not Be Near Massive Stars 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 20, 2010Most searches for planets around other stars, also known as exoplanets, focus on Sun-like stars. Those searches have proven successful, turning up more than 400 alien worlds. However, Sun-like stars aren't the only potential homes for planets. New research by astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) confirms ... more |
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Detecting Life-Friendly Moons
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 27, 2009Forty years ago, the Apollo astronauts traipsed across our Moon, making it "inhabited" for the first time - albeit for only two and half hours. A bona-fide habitable moon has never been found, but astronomers are considering how we might find one around distant stars. "I think exomoons are just as interesting as exoplanets," says David Kipping of University College London. In our own ... more Astronomers Again Find Organic Molecules Around Gas Planet 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2009Peering far beyond our solar system, NASA researchers have detected the basic chemistry for life in a second hot gas planet, advancing astronomers toward the goal of being able to characterize planets where life could exist. The planet is not habitable but it has the same chemistry that, if found around a rocky planet in the future, could indicate the presence of life. "It's the second ... more Islands Of Life Across Space And Time 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 07, 2009A new study by the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo shows the first quantitative evaluation of planetary habitability. The study identifies some potential habitats in the solar system and also shows how the habitability of our planet has changed in the past, with some periods being even better than today. Abel Mendez presented his results on Monday, October 5, at the 41st Annual ... more Aliens In The News 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2009They're body snatchers invading human bodies and taking over society; they're E.T. and The Man Who Fell to Earth trying desperately to get home. They're a malign new crustacean life form with multiple sets of acid-drooling jaws that uses our bodies as incubators, vessels to spread its population throughout the galaxy. Since the early days of film, Hollywood has capitalized on our ... more |
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