Search for Life Archive
05 April 2013, 04:48 PM ET
Hydrogen peroxide could be an energy source for life, if it exists in Europa's underground ocean.
03 April 2013, 02:06 PM ET
A panel of scientists discuss the issues facing the search for and understanding of planets orbiting far-distant stars in part one of an eight-part series.
01 April 2013, 07:00 AM ET
Curiosity may have found traces of salty perchlorates in Rocknest, a potential hint of life's building blocks.
31 March 2013, 09:26 AM ET
From dazzling northern lights to Star Trek in London, don't miss these amazing space photos of the week.
31 March 2013, 01:04 AM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
27 March 2013, 03:14 PM ET
A memo recounting a strange story about three 'flying saucers' in New Mexico has been viewed nearly a million times in the past two years.
27 March 2013, 12:22 PM ET
Curiosity has been busy since landing on the Red Planet on Aug. 5, 2012.
26 March 2013, 01:47 PM ET
Curiosity had been recovering from a memory issue since late February.
26 March 2013, 12:53 PM ET
Is our galaxy filled with life? Or is Earth a beautiful, lonely aberration? Astronomers are rapidly discovering planets orbiting other stars. Will any be worth exploring up close? Could humans – or whatever we become – live there someday?
24 March 2013, 10:31 AM ET
From dazzling northern lights to recovered Apollo rocket engines and Jupiter's hot spots , don't miss these amazing space photos of the week.
24 March 2013, 10:00 AM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
20 March 2013, 06:21 AM ET
The space-funding company Uwingu wants a more exciting name for Alpha Centauri Bb.
19 March 2013, 07:11 PM ET
Curiosity has still not resumed science operations, however.
19 March 2013, 09:30 AM ET
All rocky exoplanets likely host oceans of liquid water shortly after they form, one prominent researcher says.
18 March 2013, 01:42 PM ET
The 3-mile-high Mount Sharp is Curiosity's ultimate destination.
18 March 2013, 09:34 AM ET
Gone are the days of dreaming of little green men on the Red Planet.
18 March 2013, 06:00 AM ET
Curiosity has accomplished its main mission goals, but the rover won't rest on its laurels.
17 March 2013, 04:21 PM ET
What was your favorite space news story of the last week?
17 March 2013, 03:26 PM ET
From a lightning fast comet to St. Patrick's day in space, don't miss these amazing pictures.
15 March 2013, 03:20 PM ET
NASA Scientist Joel Hurowitz explains that favorable conditions for life on ancient Mars (found by Curiosity rock sample analysis) at the Gale Crater are in direct contrast with data from the Opportunity Rover about the Meridian Planum region.
15 March 2013, 11:00 AM ET
Curiosity is not yet ready to start the trek to Mount Sharp.
14 March 2013, 09:43 AM ET
The seven-year journey to Saturn begins.
13 March 2013, 06:39 PM ET
The two-year mission of the one-ton rover is to find out if Mars is, or was, capable of supporting life.
13 March 2013, 12:37 PM ET
Most attempts to define it come up short, scientists say.
