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  1. Holograms Might Help Search for Alien Life

    Jul 22, 2017 · This month the journal Astrobiology is publishing a special issue dedicated to the search for signs of life on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. Included is a paper from Caltech’s Jay Nadeau and …

  2. How Enceladus Got Its Stripes - Astrobiology Magazine

    Dec 9, 2019 · Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus is of great interest to scientists due to its subsurface ocean, making it a prime target for those searching for life elsewhere.

  3. Searching for Alien Artifacts on the Moon - Astrobiology Magazine

    Jan 4, 2012 · Two researchers have suggested that high-resolution images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter should be examined for anomalies that could be evidence of alien artifacts …

  4. The Fall of Stromatolites - Astrobiology Magazine

    May 29, 2013 · A new study shows that the widespread disappearance of stromatolites on the ancient Earth may have been caused by single-celled organisms called formanifera.

  5. Ribosome Building Blocks - Astrobiology Magazine

    Feb 21, 2009 · Scientists have solved a major mystery about the origin of life. They have presented a new theory about how an essential component of every living cell was first able to self-assemble. …

  6. Tracking the Path of Green Slime - Astrobiology Magazine

    Aug 28, 2002 · Cyanobacteria gave us oxygen for the atmosphere and a protective ozone layer, and they led to the development of all the green plants in the world today. They can be found everywhere …

  7. A Coral Reef in the Arctic - Astrobiology Magazine

    Sep 19, 2011 · Astrobiology Magazine Field Research Editor Henry Bortman recently spent two weeks on Devon Island, in the Canadian Arctic, with researchers from the Haughton-Mars Project. In this …

  8. Dinosaurs Benefited from Mass Extinction - Astrobiology Magazine

    Oct 8, 2010 · A newly discovered species of dinosaur may show that dinosaurs spread throughout the world by taking advantage of a natural catastrophe that wiped out their competitors. The study …

  9. Comet Chury formed by a catastrophic collision

    Mar 8, 2018 · Comets made up of two lobes, such as Chury, visited by the Rosetta spacecraft, are produced when the debris resulting from a destructive collision between two comets clumps together …

  10. Water-Rock Reactions Could Be 'Food' for Life on Mars

    Jun 2, 2013 · A new study indicates that chemical reactions between iron-containing minerals and water might produce hydrogen "food" to sustain microorganisms below the ocean floor. The findings also …