Astrobiology
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Study details Titan resources, compares them to Moon and Mars
A new NASA-supported study reveals Saturn's moon Titan, long considered an astrobiological curiosity, holds more readily usable resources for human settlement than the Moon or Mars.
NASA study finds phosphorus and nitrogen key for life origin
In a lab at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, scientists watched a chaotic soup of mixed RNA-DNA precursors spontaneously sort themselves into distinct, replicating strands.
NASA scientists discover how Earth gained life's essential elements
Scientists have confirmed hexamethylenetetramine (HMT), a key precursor to complex organic molecules, in three carbon-rich meteorites.
JWST Detects Methane in Atmosphere of Temperate Exoplanet TOI-199b
On a world the size of Saturn, bathed in a balmy 79 degrees Celsius, the James Webb Space Telescope has pierced the veil of exoplanet TOI-199b, pinpointing methane, a fundamental organic molecule.
Biological agents transform regolith, boosting crop fertility
Scientists recently grew 27 grams of duckweed from just one gram of cyanobacteria mixed with Martian regolith simulant.