Science News for Kids » astrobiology http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sat, 18 May 2013 19:04:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Martian microbes, maybe http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/billions-of-years-ago-mars-could-have-been-teeming-with-very-small-martians/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/billions-of-years-ago-mars-could-have-been-teeming-with-very-small-martians/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:10:21 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16101 The first sample of Martian rock drilled by the rover Curiosity. Scientists say the rock provides evidence that microbes could have once lived on Mars. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS Permission: press photo, NASA public domain

Billions of years ago, Mars could have been teeming with very small Martians]]> The first sample of Martian rock drilled by the rover Curiosity. Scientists say the rock provides evidence that microbes could have once lived on Mars. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS Permission: press photo, NASA public domain

Billions of years ago, Mars could have been teeming with very small Martians]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/03/billions-of-years-ago-mars-could-have-been-teeming-with-very-small-martians/feed/ 0 Home on the moon http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/home-on-the-moon/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/home-on-the-moon/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:56:54 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15520 Life on the moon — but not ours. This illustration shows two large moons orbiting a giant, gassy planet (in orange). Astronomers say the right type of moon could harbor alien life. Credit: R. Heller, AIP

Astronomers say rocky moons orbiting distant planets might support alien life ]]> Life on the moon — but not ours. This illustration shows two large moons orbiting a giant, gassy planet (in orange). Astronomers say the right type of moon could harbor alien life. Credit: R. Heller, AIP

Astronomers say rocky moons orbiting distant planets might support alien life ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/home-on-the-moon/feed/ 0 Living long beneath the sea http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/microbes-in-the-mud-beneath-the-seafloor-may-live-millions-of-years-redefining-what-it-means-to-be-old-and-alive/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/microbes-in-the-mud-beneath-the-seafloor-may-live-millions-of-years-redefining-what-it-means-to-be-old-and-alive/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:08:27 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14369 roy1HR_Feature

Microbes in the mud beneath the seafloor may live millions of years, redefining what it means to be old and alive]]> roy1HR_Feature

Microbes in the mud beneath the seafloor may live millions of years, redefining what it means to be old and alive]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/microbes-in-the-mud-beneath-the-seafloor-may-live-millions-of-years-redefining-what-it-means-to-be-old-and-alive/feed/ 0