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Martian microbes, maybe

By Stephen Ornes / March 21, 2013

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

Posted in Space | Tagged aliens, astrobiology, California Institute of Technology, Caltech, chemicals, crater, Curiosity, elements, environment, extraterrestrial life, getinvolved, habitability, John Grotzinger, Mars, Martian water, Michael Meyer, minerals, NASA, planets, space, topstories

Sleeping in space

By Stephen Ornes / January 27, 2013

Long space flights may harm astronauts’ sleep patterns, a 520-day experiment found. Replacing fluorescent bulbs with blue lights like the ones in this photo may help avoid those problems. Credit: ESA

Volunteers face problems on a make-believe mission to Mars

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged attention, experiment, getinvolved, human space exploration, Jeffrey Sutton, Mars, Mathias Basner, Moscow, sleep, space, topstories, University of Pennsylvania

Curiosity’s watery find

By Stephen Ornes / October 18, 2012

This jagged Martian rock formation contains pebbles that were moved by water billions of years ago. Credit: JPL-Caltech/NASA

Mars rover finds rocks that show where water once flowed

Posted in Space | Tagged aliens, California Institute of Technology, Curiosity, extraterrestrial, getinvolved, John Grotzinger, Mars, NASA, Pasadena, Planetary Science Institute, plate, Rebecca Williams, red planet, rover, topstories, Tucson, water, water in space

Living long beneath the sea

By Stephen Ornes / October 11, 2012

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

Posted in Microbes, Fungi & Algae | Tagged Aarhus University, astrobiology, bacteria, biology, clay, Europa, feature, germs, Hans Roy, Karen Lloyd, Knorr, life, Mars, microbes, Pacific Ocean, prehistory, Seth Shostak, SETI, SETI Institute, Titan, topstories, University of Tennessee

Curiosity lands on Mars!

By Janet Raloff / August 8, 2012

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NASA successfully delivered a $2.5 billion robotic vehicle to Mars, one that will explore for signs that the planet might once have hosted life

Posted in Space | Tagged Adam Steltzner, alien, Charles Bolden, Charles Elachi, Curiosity, feature, Gale Crater, John Grotzinger, Mars, Mount Sharp, Nadia Drake, NASA, plutonium, rover, Savannah McCoy, Tomas Martin-Mur, topstories