Dec 17, 2002 | SCIENCE
Researchers Find Possible Precursors to Early Life on Earth in Meteorite
(NASA) - Meteorites may have delivered the cell membranes for the earliest life on Earth.

Jul 11, 2002 | SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGIES
Ice Cube of Exotic Microbes
(Astrobiology Magazine) - A pocket of permafrost deep beneath Antarctica offers a chance to test sterile drilling techniques before exploring elsewhere for exotic microbes.

Apr 29, 2002 | SCIENCE
Looking for Life in All the Right Places
(Space.com) - A report from the second Astrobiology Science Conference.

Apr 17, 2002 | SCIENCE
A Fresh Start for Life?
(InScight) - The earliest living cells arose in fresh water rather than salt water, says a team of astrobiologists.

Apr 11, 2002 | SCIENCE
Audio: Developments in Astrobiology
(KQED-FM) - In conjunction with the second Astrobiology Science Conference, astrobiologists describe developments in the field.

Feb 26, 2002 | SCIENCE
Alien Life More Likely to Be Found outside Solar System
(Spaceflight Now) - Astrobiologist Norman Pace believes Mars and Europa aren't very promising places for life.

Feb 19, 2002 | SCIENCE
Bugs from Hell
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Miles below Earth's surface, a community of microbes thrives.

Feb 14, 2002 | SCIENCE
Wrenching Tides on Europa Could Force Life to Evolve
(Space.com) - Ruptures in Europa's icy crust might permit photosynthesis and compel life to adapt rapidly.

Feb 04, 2002 | SCIENCE
Life without Volcanic Heat
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Spires on the ocean floor hint that habitats for life may be more common that previously thought.

Jan 29, 2002 | SCIENCE
Explorers to Study Ice Worms
(JASON Project) - Worms that thrive in glaciers and disintegrate at room temperature may be a model for life on Europa.

Jan 13, 2002 | SCIENCE
Evidence of Bacteria on Europa?
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Reddish streaks criss-crossing this icy moon of Jupiter might be a sign of life.

Jan 11, 2002 | MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Ice Explorer Conceived for Other Worlds Gets Arctic Test
(NASA) - NASA has successfully field-tested a prototype of a robot that may one day melt through ice on Mars or Europa to look for life.

Dec 28, 2001 | MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Ice Melter Could Find Europa's Warm Heart
(Space.com) - A future mission may melt through Europa's ice to look for life in the planet's hidden ocean.

Dec 11, 2001 | SCIENCE
Café Methane
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Scientists have found life thriving at methane seeps on the cold, dark ocean floor. Similar environments on other planets might also provide a home for life.

Dec 04, 2001 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
Ocean Inside Jupiter's Moon Callisto May Have Cushioned Big Impact
(NASA) - A recent image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft adds evidence that Callisto may hold an underground ocean.

Nov 26, 2001 | SCIENCE
Life in the Universe: Is It Just around the Corner?
(SpaceRef.com) - Astrobiologist Chris Chyba discusses the possibilities for life beyond Earth.

Aug 23, 2001 | SCIENCE
Advances in Our Understanding of Life
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Excerpts from testimony by astrobiologist Jack Farmer to the House Subcommiteee on Space and Aeronautics.

Aug 17, 2001 | SCIENCE
Life on Ice
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Psychrophiles, organisms that are able to survive in extremely low temperatures, may serve as analogues for possible life on other planets.

Jul 27, 2001 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
Eilene Theilig: Faith, by Jupiter
(CNN) - The manager of NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter discusses the 12-year-old spacecraft and what it has taught us so far.

Jul 16, 2001 | SCIENCE
Life Down Under
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Particles from Jupiter's magnetic field may make life possible in a subsurface ocean on Europa.

Jun 23, 2001 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
Europa: Chewy or Crunchy?
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - For geophysicist William B. Moore, the question of whether life exists on Jupiter's moon Europa boils down to whether the moon's center is chewy or crunchy.

Apr 25, 2001 | SCIENCE
Life as we didn't know it
(NASA) - Biologists always thought life required the Sun's energy, until they found an ecosystem that thrives in complete darkness.

Apr 13, 2001 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
Focus on Europa
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Scientists from a variety of disciplines met recently to consider the possibility of life on Europa, and to plan how to look for it.

Apr 09, 2001 | MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Life's chemical fingerprints
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Using a technique called Raman spectroscopy, researchers are developing instruments that may one day search for life on Mars, Europa, or Callisto.

Mar 27, 2001 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
Mars or Europa: Where does life exist?
(Space.com) - Leading experts discuss where and how best to conduct the hunt for life elsewhere in our solar system.

Mar 16, 2001 | TECHNOLOGIES
Ice probe reveals images deep within Antarctic ice
(NASA) - The technology may one day be used to explore other planets.

Mar 09, 2001 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
Ganymede's liquid past
(NASA) - Long swaths of bright, flat terrain on the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Ganymede may testify that water or slush emerged there about a billion years ago, say planetary scientists.

Feb 08, 2001 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
Possibilities for life on Europa
(Space.com) - Researchers met last week to consider the likelihood of life on Jupiter's moon Europa.

Feb 02, 2001 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
Jovian moons
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Jupiter's four largest moons were discovered by Galileo in 1610. Three of them might hold oceans of liquid water beneath their icy exteriors. Liquid water is a prerequisite for life.

Aug 25, 2000 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Strong evidence of ocean of water on Europa
(NASA) - Magnetic readings from the Galileo space probe provide the latest indication of liquid water under the thick ice of this moon of Jupiter.

Jul 06, 2000 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
Galileo to crash into Jupiter
(space.com) - To avoid contaminating Jupiter's moons, NASA will deliberately crash land the aging spacecraft.

Jun 08, 2000 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Cracks in Europa's ice may create habitat for life
(space.com) - As icebergs slide past each other, friction may melt ice. The liquid water might provide a habitat for living organisms.

May 03, 2000 | SCIENCE, EDUCATION
Astronauts hunt microbes and meteorites at the South Pole
(Science@NASA) - Astrobiologists and astronauts -- including Jim Lovell of Apollo 13 -- traveled to Antarctica in January to study microbial life there. Their findings will shed light on whether life may exist on frozen bodies such as Mars and Europa.

Apr 20, 2000 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
New image of Europa
(Spaceflight Now) - The image suggests the presence materials conducive to life on Europa's icy surface.

Dec 13, 1999 | SCIENCE
Antarctic discovery supports possibility of life on Europa
(SpaceViews) - Scientists have found bacteria living in a lake three kilometers below the surface of Antarctica. The finding may shed light on whether life could exist on Jupiter's moon Europa.

Sep 30, 1999 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
Sulfuric acid found on Europa
(Science@NASA) - Sulfur from volcanoes on Io may be responsible for a battery acid chemical on Europa. The finding has implications for astrobiology.

Jul 27, 1999 | SCIENCE
Astrobiologists to hunt for microbes in Siberia
(Science@NASA) - Cryophiles are single-celled organisms that thrive in cold conditions. They may hold clues to whether life could exist on other worlds, and to how to find it.

Jun 07, 1999 | SCIENCE
Complex Europan life unlikely
(SpaceViews) - A team of scientists claims that, because of the few sources of energy available, any life on Europa would be limited to single-celled organisms.

Oct 23, 1998 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Signs of water on Callisto
(Science@NASA) - Scientists may have discovered a salty ocean and some ingredients for life on Jupiter's moon.