Abiogenesis from rocks, water and CO2
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121220143530.htmA coherent pathway -- which starts from no more than rocks, water and carbon dioxide and leads to the emergence of the strange bio-energetic...
View ArticleTransmission spectroscopy identification of biomarkers on HZ Earths around...
Finding extraterrestrial life using ground-based high-resolution spectroscopy http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.3251 Exoplanet observations promise one day to unveil the presence of extraterrestrial life....
View ArticlePolonnaruwa meteorite: confirmation of Panspermia?
Scientists claim Algae-like structures found in a meteorite fell in Sri-Lanka last December: http://www.technologyreview.com/view/512381/astrobiologists-find-ancient-fossils-in-fireball-fragments/...
View ArticleOrganic chemistry at very low temperatures - Relevance to astrobiology
N-SITU PROBING OF RADIATION-INDUCED PROCESSING OF ORGANICS IN ASTROPHYSICAL ICE ANALOGSNOVEL LASER DESORPTION LASER IONIZATION TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES...
View ArticleA story to be remembered
ok so imagine that the exoplanet Gliese 163 c was inhabited by an odd species of alien. We are beginning to see odd things happen such as small disruptions in the cosmic radio background. Suddenly a...
View ArticleDetecting life by fractal complexity analysis
The potential for detecting life as we don't know it by fractal complexity analysis http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8936883 Finding life in the Universe...
View ArticleLife from outer space?
Hi. I found this on Facebook. I cant find any "good" source so be carefull... Scientist found life form from outer space on earth's stratosphere....
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Malbolge to Gliese 526
Greg Laughlin is sending "hello world" to Gliese 526... as a Malbolge program... At a distance of 17.6 light years, we have until about 2049 before the relativistic missiles hit...
View ArticleNH3 as a biosignature in H2 dominated atmospheres
A Biomass-based Model to Estimate the Plausibility of Exoplanet Biosignature Gases http://arxiv.org/abs/1309.6014 Biosignature Gases in H2-Dominated Atmospheres on Rocky Exoplanets...
View ArticleThe Habitability of F-type Stars
Habitability around F-type Stars http://arxiv.org/abs/1312.7431 We explore the general astrobiological significance of F-type main-sequence stars with masses between 1.2 and 1.5 Msun. Special...
View ArticleThe Habitable Epoch of the Early Universe
Abraham Loeb wrote:In the redshift range 100<(1+z)<137, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) had a temperature of 273-373K (0-100 degrees Celsius), allowing early rocky planets (if any existed)...
View ArticleAbiotic oxygen atmospheres in habitable planet candidates
Abiotic oxygen-dominated atmospheres on terrestrial habitable zone planets http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.2713 Detection of life on other planets requires identification of biosignatures, i.e., observable...
View ArticleIsopropyl cyanide identified in space
New molecule found in space connotes life origins http://www.astronomy.com/news/2014/09/new-molecule-found-in-space-connotes-life-origins If, like me, you don't know much about isopropyl cyanide, this...
View ArticleDid Curiosity discovered evidences of fossil life on Mars?
Strange but this news wasnt on every news paper around the world. Yeah, I know, another "evidence of fossil life on Mars" but this paper seems to be very serious and the autor is carefull. Nora Noffke...
View ArticleComplex Organic Molecules Discovered in Infant Star System
http://www.eso.org/public/unitedkingdom/news/eso1513/ Complex Organic Molecules Discovered in Infant Star System For the first time, astronomers have detected the presence of complex organic molecules,...
View ArticleRibose formation on comets
Lab-Grown "Comet" Forms Potential Ingredient for Life http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lab-grown-comet-forms-potential-ingredient-for-life/?WT.mc_id=SA_DD_20160408 By sticking a bunch of ices...
View ArticleBiodiversity vs Spectral Type
Reduced Diversity of Life Around Proxima Centauri and TRAPPIST-1 https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.07007 The recent discovery of habitable exoplanets around Proxima Centauri and TRAPPIST-1 has attracted much...
View ArticleThe possibility of life on Venus surface
There's a theory which says that some bacteria may be on Venus atmosphere, upper clouds, where temperatures are similar to Earth. But I think that maybe life is possible on the surface. Obviously it...
View ArticleFormic Acid (HCOOH) detection with ALMA toward TW Hya
First Detection of the Simplest Organic Acid in a Protoplanetary Disk https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.05768 The formation of asteroids, comets and planets occurs in the interior of protoplanetary disks...
View ArticleReview of planetary habitability
A nice review of planetary habitability was featured in this Centauri Dreams article. The paper itself is available here. I think most of the topics have been posted in these forums at some point, but...
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