Astrobiology

An image of Rho Ophiuchi, a star-forming region in which traces of organic molecule methyl isocyanate (inset) has been found. Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2/L. Calçada

Ingredient for life found around young stars

The elongated crater ‘Spirit of St. Louis’ can be seen in this image of the Martian surface, as seen by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Univ./Arizona State University

Asteroids, comets deliver organics to Mars

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Could life exist on Titan?

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Comet 67P contains ingredients for life

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Can astrobiology help solve climate change?

ALMA detected the organic molecules in the outer edges of the system, in a region similar to our Kuiper Belt. Credit: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

Organic molecules found round distant star

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Has Earth life colonised the Solar System?

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Seeds from space

Credit: Oliver Burston

Life…but not as we know it