(Natural News) A tough species of microbes has survived a full year in the harsh environment of outer space, bearing the full brunt of cosmic radiation on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS) without any sort of protection. In an experiment detailed in the journal Microbiome, Japanese and European researchers left cells of the bacteria Deinococcus radiodurans outside the Japanese Aerospace […]

(Natural News) A study published in Scientific Reports suggests that Mars was likely habitable for in the past and may even be able to host life to this day. An international team of researchers found a diverse community of microbial life a foot below the Atacama desert in South America. The desert is known as the driest non-polar region on Earth […]

(Natural News) Researchers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) estimate that at least 300 million planets in the Milky Way galaxy may be able to support life. The estimate is based on a conservative assumption that seven percent of the sun-like stars in the galaxy foster conditions that are hospitable to life. The researchers said that there […]

(Natural News) American scientists suggest that the high latitudes of the moon’s surface may have been rusting for billions of years after detecting chemical signatures of hematite, a common product of the rusting of iron. In a study published in the journal Science Advances, the researchers said that the solar wind likely transported oxygen from Earth to the moon, […]

(Natural News) A study published in the journal Open Agriculture suggests that Mars and the moon may be able to support crops and yield viable seeds. Researchers from Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands have successfully grown and harvested crops from Mars and moon soil simulants. These soil simulants were developed by the National Aeronautics and Space […]

(Natural News) David Burns of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has proposed a new propulsion method that replaces conventional rocket engines with a “helical engine.” In a paper posted in NASA’s Technical Reports Server – a public database containing aerospace documents created or funded by NASA – Burns explained that the helical engine consists of a helix-shaped particle accelerator, an apparatus that […]

(Natural News) During the recent Astrobiology Science Conference held in Washington, astronomers said that strange signals from distant exoplanets called “technosignatures” may point to the existence of intelligent civilizations elsewhere in the cosmos. With recent technological developments, the scientists said that they may one day be able to detect technosignatures should advanced alien species exist. Searching for […]

(Natural News) Researchers from Cornell University and Lehigh University in Pennsylvania have identified more than 1,000 stars that might be hosting exoplanets with a good view of Earth. In a study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, the researchers said that these stars are in a direct line of sight to the planet. […]

(Natural News) A study published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy has confirmed the existence of water on the sunlit surface of the moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed throughout the lunar surface and not limited to the deep, shadowed craters in the lunar south pole. Using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) telescope […]

(Natural News) Researchers from Brown University and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) found that the icy water in the moon may have sources besides volcanism and meteorites. In a study published in the journal Icarus, the researchers revealed that the ice deposits in some of the moon’s south pole craters formed relatively recently, suggesting other processes must be […]