life

NASA Is Sending Bacteria to the Edge of Space to See if They Can Hitchhike to Mars

Posted in Science on 27th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

To find out if life can hitchhike to Mars and survive on the planets surface, NASA is going to see how they do 120,000 feet up.

Elon Musk says his new rocket could get us to an icy moon where life may exist

Posted in Science on 24th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

Below Europa's icy crust, a warm, salty ocean may exist containing more than twice as much water as all of Earth's reserves combined.

'Tree of life' for 2.3 million species released

Posted in Featured, Science on 23rd Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

A collaborative effort among eleven institutions, the tree depicts the relationships among living things as they diverged from one another over time.

Cassini finds global ocean beneath Enceladus' icy crust

Posted in Science on 16th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

A global ocean lies beneath the icy crust of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus, according to new research using data from NASA's Cassini mission.

Marine populations have halved since 1970

Posted in Science on 16th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

Populations of marine mammals, birds, fish and reptiles have declined by 49% since 1970, a report says.