Finding life away from Earth will be tough task, says noted paleontologist
Some scientists think a few of the earliest fossils might still be preserved in Earth rocks blasted to the moon by an asteroid or meteor.

Astrobiologist to hunt small game in Siberia
Sleeping on the permafrost and drilling for ice doesn't sound like the ideal way to spend your summer.

Finding life in the solar system: A new synthesis
Astrobiology is a new interdisciplinary science with cosmic import.

Atacama rover helps NASA learn to search for life on Mars
Scientists are studying the scarce life that exists there and, in the process, helping NASA learn more about how primitive life forms could exist on Mars.

Comets spread Earth-life around galaxy, say scientists
If comets hitting the Earth could cause ecological disasters, including extinctions of species and climate change, they could also disperse Earth-life to the most distant parts of the Galaxy.

Mystery of Quintuplet Stars in Milky Way Solved
Scientists have identified the cluster of Quintuplet stars in the Milky Way’s galactic center, next to the super massive black hole solving a mystery that had dogged astronomers for more than 15 years.

Europe Reaches the Moon
The European Space Agency's (ESA) SMART-1 spacecraft is now in orbit around the Moon.

Parkes finds unexpected ‘heartbeats’ in star
Astronomers using CSIRO's Parkes telescope in eastern Australia have detected radio “heartbeats” from a star that was not expected to have them.

Death of a star
For the first time a star has been observed in real-time as it goes supernova a mind bogglingly powerful explosion as the star ends its life, the resulting cosmic eruption briefly outshining an entire galaxy.

Extrasolar planets
Sun-like star, as well as over two dozen subsequently detected extrasolar planets, were all identified by observing periodic variations of the Doppler shift of light emitted by the stars to which they are bound.

The distribution of radio plasma in time and space
In this paper, the prevalence of jet-ejected plasma, in particular that which has not been properly accounted for in the past is discussed.

Mechanical heating by active galaxies
In this paper how recent X-ray observations of the intracluster medium
suggest a particular mode of heating by AGN is discussed.

Organic matter in meteorites
This review discusses the organic content of primitive meteorites and their relevance to the build up of biomolecules.

Bacillus odysseyi sp. nov., a round-spore-forming bacillus isolated from the Mars Odyssey spacecraft
A round-spore-forming Bacillus species that produces an exosporium was isolated from the surface of the Mars Odyssey spacecraft.

Localization and Physical Property Experiments Conducted by Opportunity at Meridiani Planum
The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission required accurate tracking of the location of Opportunity to ensure efficient drives and to place measurements in proper geological context.

Planetary exploration in the time of astrobiology: Protecting against biological contamination
Continuing discoveries about life on Earth and the return of data suggesting the presence of liquid water environments on or under the surfaces of other planets and moons have combined to suggest the significant possibility that extraterrestrial life may

ESA's Cluster Mission Establishes Why Earth's Aurorae Shine
ESA's Cluster mission has established that high-speed flows of electrified gas, known as bursty bulk flows, in the Earth's magnetic field are the carriers of decisive amounts of mass, energy and magnetic perturbation towards the Earth during magnetic subs

Scientist-astronaut Sends T-cells Into Space
A former astronaut and researcher will be traveling to the Cosmodrome space-launch site at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, this Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006, to prepare a crucial experiment designed to demonstrate how human immune response is suppressed in the weightles

Hubble Captures A Rare Eclipse On Uranus
This image is a never-before-seen astronomical alignment of a moon traversing the face of Uranus, and its accompanying shadow.

Cassiopeia A - The colourful aftermath of a violent stellar death
It is the youngest known remnant from a supernova explosion in the Milky Way. The new Hubble image shows the complex and intricate structure of the star’s shattered fragments.