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Astrobiology
Astrobiology: is formerly known as exobiology. It is an interdisciplinary scientific field concerned with the origins, early evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe. Astrobiology considers the question of whether extraterrestrial life exists, and if it does, how humans can detect it.
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MAR 03, 2022Space & Astronomy
Exoplanets continue to demonstrate how awesome and wonderful the universe truly is and using science fiction as analogs ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 28, 2022Space & Astronomy
The search for life beyond Earth has reached a fever pitch, with possible locations to find even microbial life being Ma ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 20, 2022Space & Astronomy
Thanks to continuing technological advancements in exoplanet detection methods, their discoveries are becoming a common ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 18, 2022Space & Astronomy
February 18, 1930, is a truly historic day for science, as this was the day Pluto was officially discovered by Clyde W T ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 14, 2022Space & Astronomy
Recently, we explored our history of wonder for Mars and humanity’s fascination with the Red Planet dating back to ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 11, 2022Space & Astronomy
Mars, the fourth planet from our Sun. The Red Planet. From time immemorial, we have gazed at it in wonder and dreamed ab ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 31, 2022Space & Astronomy
The planet Mars has always been known as a bone-dry world, incapable of possessing liquid water on its surface. This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 28, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Icarus, Alyssa Rhoden of the Southwest Research Institute and collaborators, present evid ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.JAN 26, 2022Space & Astronomy
The discovery of new exoplanets (aka planets that orbit stars outside of our solar system) are becoming a common regular ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 06, 2022Space & Astronomy
The planet Venus is a hellish and inhospitable world. It has an average surface temperature of 737 K (464 ËšC, 867 ËšF) an ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 03, 2022Space & Astronomy
Are we alone in the Universe? If not, why haven't we heard from anyone? If we are alone, then are we the first, or even ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 19, 2021Space & Astronomy
One of the most difficult aspects of studying space is that most things, on the astronomical scale, happen very slowly. ...Written By: Matthew LundyOCT 13, 2021Space & Astronomy
In continuing the time-honored tradition of celestial rock collecting, NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected a s ...Written By: Matthew LundyOCT 11, 2021Space & Astronomy
A new report in Nature has shown that water had a pivotal role in shaping the surface of Mars, just as the Perseverance ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2021Microbiology
Microbes can be used like little factories to churn out important or valuable chemicals. Now researchers are learning ho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2021Immunology
A protein abundantly present in the blood plasma of astronauts is perfect for building shelters in outer space, say rese ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 22, 2021Space & Astronomy
One of the special features of NASA's Perseverance Rover is its ability to perform some scientific experiments. One of i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 08, 2021Space & Astronomy
A team of scientists led by the Centre for Astrobiology have discovered that the bulges we see in disc galaxies formed i ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 17, 2021Microbiology
Scientists have known that wherever humans go, we carry microorganisms with us, and the International Space Station is n ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2021Space & Astronomy
Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx have spent years trying to intercept asteroids & collect samples. This meteor made it a little ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research suggests that the lakes underneath Antarctica’s thick ice could be home to more microbial life than t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 03, 2021Space & Astronomy
NASA's Perseverance Rover will be reaching Mars soon and it will have to go through a seven minute descent before we kno ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2020Space & Astronomy
As humans have ventured into space, they have carried some terrestrial life with them, including spiders. Once dreamed u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 27, 2020Genetics & Genomics
If people are going to explore deep space, we should learn more about the effects that such an environment would potenti ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 03, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Exoplanets continue to demonstrate how awesome and wonderful the universe truly is and using science fiction as analogs
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 28, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The search for life beyond Earth has reached a fever pitch, with possible locations to find even microbial life being Ma
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 20, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Thanks to continuing technological advancements in exoplanet detection methods, their discoveries are becoming a common
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 18, 2022
Space & Astronomy
February 18, 1930, is a truly historic day for science, as this was the day Pluto was officially discovered by Clyde W T
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 14, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Recently, we explored our history of wonder for Mars and humanity’s fascination with the Red Planet dating back to
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 11, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Mars, the fourth planet from our Sun. The Red Planet. From time immemorial, we have gazed at it in wonder and dreamed ab
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 31, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The planet Mars has always been known as a bone-dry world, incapable of possessing liquid water on its surface. This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 28, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Icarus, Alyssa Rhoden of the Southwest Research Institute and collaborators, present evid
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JAN 26, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The discovery of new exoplanets (aka planets that orbit stars outside of our solar system) are becoming a common regular
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The planet Venus is a hellish and inhospitable world. It has an average surface temperature of 737 K (464 ËšC, 867 ËšF) an
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 03, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Are we alone in the Universe? If not, why haven't we heard from anyone? If we are alone, then are we the first, or even
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 19, 2021
Space & Astronomy
One of the most difficult aspects of studying space is that most things, on the astronomical scale, happen very slowly.
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
OCT 13, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In continuing the time-honored tradition of celestial rock collecting, NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected a s
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
OCT 11, 2021
Space & Astronomy
A new report in Nature has shown that water had a pivotal role in shaping the surface of Mars, just as the Perseverance
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2021
Microbiology
Microbes can be used like little factories to churn out important or valuable chemicals. Now researchers are learning ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2021
Immunology
A protein abundantly present in the blood plasma of astronauts is perfect for building shelters in outer space, say rese
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 22, 2021
Space & Astronomy
One of the special features of NASA's Perseverance Rover is its ability to perform some scientific experiments. One of i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 08, 2021
Space & Astronomy
A team of scientists led by the Centre for Astrobiology have discovered that the bulges we see in disc galaxies formed i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 17, 2021
Microbiology
Scientists have known that wherever humans go, we carry microorganisms with us, and the International Space Station is n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx have spent years trying to intercept asteroids & collect samples. This meteor made it a little
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research suggests that the lakes underneath Antarctica’s thick ice could be home to more microbial life than t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 03, 2021
Space & Astronomy
NASA's Perseverance Rover will be reaching Mars soon and it will have to go through a seven minute descent before we kno
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2020
Space & Astronomy
As humans have ventured into space, they have carried some terrestrial life with them, including spiders. Once dreamed u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 27, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
If people are going to explore deep space, we should learn more about the effects that such an environment would potenti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch