What is astrobiology? Breaking it down, you see the word “astro” and you immediately relate it to “space”, now you see the word “biology” and you can guess that it means “life”. Putting them together ...

Decades of space exploration have yielded countless claims of "first contact" with extraterrestrial life, but humanity's biggest question remains: Are we alone in the universe? Ancient cultures like ...

NOTE TO EDITORS: Members of the news media and public are invited to attend the first talk in the 2001-2002 Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series at Foothill College. The first talk will be ...

The Copernican Principle, named in honor of Nicolaus Copernicus (who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe), states ...

From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research at UC Santa Cruz touch nearly ...

The Copernican Principle, named in honor of Nicolaus Copernicus (who proposed the heliocentric model of the Universe), states ...

The Arizona Board of Regents approved the creation of a center for the study of astrobiology at The University of Arizona today. The center, called the Life and Planets Astrobiology Center (LAPLACE), ...

This year, as part of the conference, 12 scientists from various fields coalesced around the theme "Is life rife in the Universe?" in a day-long symposium at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Former NASA Chief Historian Steven J. Dick talks about discovering life in the universe. Steven J. Dick talks about astrobiology and the process of ...

Astronomy studies celestial objects and phenomena beyond Earth. Astronomy degrees offer specializations like cosmology, planetary science, and stellar astrophysics. Astronomers use telescopes, math, ...

The focus of Betül Kaçar’s research is on the origin and early evolution of life, including fascinating topics such as the influence of geology on the development of biology. A Professor at the ...

This book grew out of the workshop 'Astrobiology: Expanding our Views of Society and Self, ' held at the University of Arizona's (UA) Biosphere 2 Institute in May 2008. Contents Astrobiology, ethics, ...