Our planet is unique for its ability to sustain abundant life. From studies of the rock record, scientists believe life had already emerged on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago and probably much ...
The organic molecules found in a Martian meteorite that landed in Morocco 11 years ago have the potential to shed light on Earth's geological past and shed light on whether or not life existed on Mars ...
As space agencies prepare to bring home pieces of the Martian system, the hope of finding life elsewhere in the universe feels closer than ever. NASA’s Mars Sample Return plan and the Martian Moons ...
Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science, Purdue University, and Johns Hopkins University have created a test that quickly assesses materials for signs of life. Though their model has only ...
The Tissint Mars meteorite fell to Earth in 2011 just outside the Moroccan town of Tissint. Ludovic Ferriere Museum of Natural History Vienna Eleven years ago, a meteorite was seen falling to Earth ...
A machine learning framework can distinguish molecules made by biological processes from those formed through non-biological processes and could be used to analyze samples returned by current and ...
Visualization of the distribution of compounds in meteoritic samples and terrestrial geologic samples and the regression coefficients of the logistic regression model trained in LifeTracer. A machine ...