There’s so little we know about circumbinary planets – planets that orbit two stars instead of one – that they can feel like the stuff of fantasy.
University Of New South Wales
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From Asgard to Earth: Tiny Discoveries Hold Clues To Life’s Greatest Leap
Stromatolites – and their close relatives, microbial mats – could be mistaken for what seems like a bunch of old dark rocks. But instead, they are dense, layered communities of […]
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Ice Planet Exploration: A Dataset Of Antarctic Ecosystems In Ice-free Lands
Astrobiology.com Editor’s note: Recently the Fram2 mission took four astronaut explorers on an orbital path that covered both of our planet’s polar regions. This was the fist human mission to […]
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Life On Venus? First We Need To Know More About Molecules In The Atmosphere
The search for life on other planets has received a major boost after scientists revealed the spectral signatures of almost 1000 atmospheric molecules that may be involved in the production […]
Posted inPlant Biology
Mystery Of Photosynthetic Algae Evolution Finally Solved
An evolutionary mystery that had eluded molecular biologists for decades may never have been solved if it weren’t for the COVID-19 pandemic. “Being stuck at home was a blessing in […]
Posted inSpace Weather & Heliophysics
Impact On Life From The Temporary Breakdown Of Earth's Magnetic Field 42,000 Years Ago
The temporary breakdown of Earth’s magnetic field 42,000 years ago sparked major climate shifts that led to global environmental change and mass extinctions, a new international study co-led by UNSW […]
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Air-Eating Microbes
In their first follow-up to a high-profile 2017 study which showed microbes in Antarctica have a unique ability to essentially live on air, researchers from UNSW Sydney have now discovered […]
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Earliest Signs Of Life: Microbial Remains Found In Ancient Rocks
Scientists have found exceptionally preserved microbial remains in some of Earth’s oldest rocks in Western Australia – a major advance in the field, offering clues for how life on Earth […]