Biologists have been unable to agree on a definition of the complex phenomenon known as "life." In a special collection of essays in Astrobiology, leaders in the fields of philosophy, science, and ...

Geobiology and Astrobiology are two vibrant and rapidly growing areas of interdisciplinary inquiry at CU-Boulder with many of our faculty engaged in cutting edge research at the interface of the two ...

Editor’s Note: Charles Cockell is Professor of Astrobiology at the University of Edinburgh and Director of the UK Centre for Astrobiology. He was a National Academy of Sciences Associate at the NASA ...

This past Sunday I was asked to give an opening lecture at an international conference on astrobiology, linking cosmology to the emergence of life on Earth and other planetary platforms. We, and any ...

They are the most abundant form of life on Earth, but viruses — or their seed-like dormant state, known as virions — are outliers in our search for life on other planets. Now, one group of scientists ...

The study of the potential for alien life elsewhere in the universe is ramping up as two major universities in the U.S. have established astrobiology centres. Astrobiology is the field of research ...

Consider the process that goes into creating a painting — the attention to detail, the need to interpret the world around you. A scientist goes about his or her work using many of the same skills, ...

Astrophysics dives into the forces, stars, and galaxies that shape the universe, while astrobiology focuses on the search for life beyond Earth and the conditions that make it possible. Loni ...

The findings of a recent Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG)-led study to determine the potential for terrestrial life to propagate on Mars will be considered when NASA revises its ...