Search for Life Archive
18 October 2012, 07:00 AM ET
The recent discovery of an Earth-size world in the next star system over could help get the ball rolling.
17 October 2012, 09:44 AM ET
Here's a look at how alien planet Alpha Centauri Bb stacks up by the numbers.
16 October 2012, 07:00 PM ET
It would take a robotic probe using current technology about 40,000 years to reach Alpha Centauri Bb.
16 October 2012, 06:47 PM ET
Scientists have discovered a roughly Earth-size planet in Alpha Centauri, at 4.3 light-years away the closest star system beyond the sun. Should we send a probe there?
16 October 2012, 05:58 PM ET
The newfound world is too hot to host life, but its existence hints that other planets may be found in the system as well.
15 October 2012, 03:07 PM ET
Astronomers using the Kepler Space Observatory have spotted a record five planets crammed in close to their parent star, 1,100 light-years from Earth.
15 October 2012, 03:00 PM ET
Five planets are packed within an area smaller than the orbit of Earth.
15 October 2012, 11:34 AM ET
The gas giant is one of a kind, with two parent stars and two more star companions.
14 October 2012, 11:59 PM ET
The Kepler-47 star system is home to twin stars and two planets that see double suns.
14 October 2012, 05:24 AM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
13 October 2012, 08:40 AM ET
See amazing photos of Earth and space from the week.
11 October 2012, 10:28 AM ET
The alien planet 55 Cancri e could be completely covered in diamonds, scientists say.
08 October 2012, 03:12 PM ET
Meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites are different stages of the same thing: bits of rock and metal that circulate in our Solar System. Though they have long threatened life, they may carry life and life's ingredients as well.
07 October 2012, 01:18 AM ET
See amazing photos of Earth and space from the week.
07 October 2012, 01:01 AM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
05 October 2012, 12:23 PM ET
Many astronomers and astrobiologists think that Titan – with its thick atmosphere of methane and liquid hydrocarbon lakes – could harbor some form of life. 50% larger than Earth’s moon and 80% more massive, Titan is an analog to the early Earth.
05 October 2012, 10:04 AM ET
The Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum houses many stunning artifacts of the air and space ages.
04 October 2012, 04:50 PM ET
Using adaptive optics, lasers and thin mirrors the 4 large and 4 small telescopes that comprise Europe's most powerful telescope has returned imagery and data on the Universe comparable and surpassing its space-based kin.
04 October 2012, 02:55 PM ET
In the past 50 years, the European Southern Observatory has delivered breathtaking imagery of the Southern Sky. The choice was clear on where to build some of the worlds largest telescopes.
04 October 2012, 02:22 PM ET
The Mars Science Laboratory is equipped with a special robotic scoop for collecting samples of the martian soil for analysis. In this video, you can see the slow and steady tool being tested at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
04 October 2012, 01:16 PM ET
The case of the Cincinnati UFO has been solved through crowdsourcing.
01 October 2012, 07:00 AM ET
Daytime temperatures have climbed above freezing during more than half of Curiosity's days on Mars.
01 October 2012, 07:00 AM ET
A boat mission called TALISE would explore the lakes of Saturn's moon Titan.
30 September 2012, 11:00 AM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
