[Carnegie Institution for Science] The Sloan Digital Sky Survey V (SDSS-V) has announced its twentieth public data release (DR20), delivering a dramatic expansion of the Milky Way Mapper (MWM) scientific […]
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Posted inBiophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Origin & Evolution of Life, Plant Biology, Press Release, Space Agriculture
Researchers Identify Protein That Evolved To Enable Photosynthesis In Land Plants
Evolutionary plant biologists at the University of Toronto (U of T) have identified a protein that evolved approximately 500 million years ago, enabling plants to convert light into energy through […]
Posted inFossils & Paleontology, Plant Biology, Press Release
541-million-year-old 3D Fossil Algae Reveal Modern-looking Ancestry Of The Plant Kingdom
Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of algae called Protocodium sinense which predates the origin of land plants and modern animals and provides new insight into the early […]
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets
Two Super-Earths Orbit Star K2-18
New research using data collected by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has revealed that a little-known exoplanet called K2-18b could well be a scaled-up version of Earth. Just as exciting, […]
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones
Extrasolar Planets Are More Hospitable to Life Than Previously Thought
A study by astrophysicists at the University of Toronto suggests that exoplanets – planets outside our solar system – are more likely to have liquid water and be more habitable […]
Posted inExtremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Press Release
Ancient, hydrogen-rich waters discovered deep underground at locations around the world
A quantum change in our understanding of how much of Earth’s crust may be habitable. A team of scientists, led by the University of Toronto’s Barbara Sherwood Lollar, has mapped […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets
Astronomers come up dry in search for water on exoplanets
A team of astronomers has made the most precise measurements yet of water vapour in the atmospheres of Jupiter-like planets beyond our Solar System and found them to be much […]