02 October 2020
Nasa funds ICON to develop a 3D construction system for the moon
... materials will need to be used rather than transported from Earth – this rules out metal and inflatable constructed habitats. The... operate in this environment that could also help improve life on Earth. “I am confident that learning to build on other...
26 May 2021
Underwater volcanoes could be active on Europa
...on the list of objects to study for signs of life beyond Earth, even more so now, as new research shows that...magma. This discovery fundamentally changed our understanding of how life could develop on Earth. To understand if a scenario such as that ...
08 December 2021
Iron might be key for finding life on other worlds, new study says
... aware, these are the only two such organisms that do this - the rest of life on Earth depends on iron and one reason why life on our planet adapted to using iron is because there is plenty of it. While it's impossible to know for...
17 May 2016
Space Foundation is Now Accepting Nominations for Space Technology Hall of Fame
... products that improve life on Earth. The Space Technology Hall of Fame recognizes the life-changing technologies emerging ...use in space and then modified or adopted for use on Earth. Induction into the Space Technology Hall of Fame for 2017 will...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
... before. A famous astrobiologist and one of my role models Lynn Rothschild said, “Alas, scientists have discovered that life on Earth has already done that - and has done so for billions of years.” Scientists have found extremophiles everywhere...
February 2017
Opening up the infinite frontier
.... Moreover, it will be the biggest and most important shift in the trajectory of the human species and the life of Earth itself since we became a species. A garden setting inside a giant dome on a future Mars settlement, by artist Bryan Versteeg...
