Scientists are getting a closer look of potential organic signatures in Martian rocks and may have found evidence of key building blocks of life preserved within two potentially habitable paleo-depositional […]
Planetary Science Institute
Posted inOrigin & Evolution of Life
A Novel Definition of Life and Its Implications to Cybernetic Systems
Perhaps the most fundamental puzzle in biology – “What is life?” – is addressed in a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Oleg Abramov. “This work presents evidence […]
Posted inMars
Volcanoes On Mars Could Be Active, Raise Possibility of Recent Habitable Conditions
Evidence of recent volcanic activity on Mars shows that eruptions could have taken place within the past 50,000 years, a paper by Planetary Science Institute Research Scientist David Horvath says. […]
Posted inHabitable Zones, Mars, Press Release
Martian Lakes Linked to Ancient Habitable Environment?
Groundwater circulation beneath a massive tectonic rift zone located along the flanks of some the solar system’s largest volcanic plateaus resulted in the formation more than 3 billion years ago […]
Posted inComets and Asteroids, Extinction events, Impact events, Press Release
Ocean Asteroid Impact Could Deplete Earth’s Protective Ozone Layer for Years
An asteroid crashing into the deep ocean could have dramatic worldwide environmental effects including depleting the Earth’s protective ozone layer for several years, a Planetary Science Institute researcher has found.