Learn how to calculate the interplanetary habitable zone (IHZ) for space colonization. Comparison of the Solar System and TRAPPIST-1, Δv factors, radiation, resources. Models for developers.
Astrobiologists have found a way to search for extraterrestrial life using statistical patterns of molecules. The method works even on old data. Learn how this will change NASA missions.
Learn how NASA scientists model the detection of the red edge on Earth-like exoplanets using 3D-Earth and ExoReL. Accuracy of 70 nm even with clouds. For astrophysicists and astronomers.
How scCO₂ overcomes thermodynamic limitations of the aqueous environment. Experiments on the synthesis of nucleotides and lipids under conditions simulating early Earth and Venus. Learn the details.
Molecular clocks date LUCA beyond Earth. Genomic growth and Martian traces hint at panspermia. Analysis of methods and data for understanding abiogenesis. Read the analysis.