Tag Archives: extraterrestrial environments

NASA says ‘take action now’ to combat pathogens in space

In a quiet part of rural Arizona, hundreds of people die almost instantly from blood clots. Some die in the middle of the road, while others “quietly go crazy” before killing themselves, often in a bizarre manner. It turned out that the cause was a satellite from space that brought with it a deadly pathogen.… Read More »

Studying lake beds in Idaho could give scientists insight into ancient traces of life on Mars

Is there life elsewhere in the universe? If so, how do scientists study and define it? Finding life beyond Earth is extremely difficult; This is partly because the other planets are so far away, and partly because we are unsure of what to look for. But astrobiologists have learned a lot about how to find… Read More »