Astrobiology Magazine

Astrobiology Magazine

[:es]Why formamide may have been early life’s alternative to water[:]

An organic compound called formamide could have acted in place of water as a solvent (meaning it can dissolve molecules) in early life on Earth, according to new research describing […]
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[:es]A cosmic gorilla effect could blind the detection of aliens[:]

A well-known experiment with young people bouncing a ball showed that when an observer focuses on counting the passes, he does not detect if someone crosses the stage disguised as […]
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[:es]How tidally-locked planets could avoid a ‘snowball Earth’ fate [:]

Tidally-locked planets in the habitable zone of stars may be able to avoid global ice ages, according to a study that models the interplay of where ice forms and how […]
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[:es]Asteroids and comets shower Mars with organics[:]

Asteroids and comets appear to be a much more important supplier of organic molecules on Mars than expected. Until now, astronomers assumed that the organics on Mars mainly came from […]
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[:es]Photosynthesis originated a billion years earlier than we thought[:]

Ancient microbes may have been producing oxygen through photosynthesis a billion years earlier than we thought, which means oxygen was available for living organisms very close to the origin of life on […]
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[:es]When it comes to extinction, body size matters[:]

An interdisciplinary team of scientists proposes a more nuanced model for extinction that also shows why animal species tend to evolve toward larger body sizes.
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[:es]Mars and Earth may not have been early neighbors[:]

A study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters posits that Mars formed in what today is the Asteroid Belt, roughly one and a half times as far […]
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[:es]A series of fortunate events: Antarctic zircons tell story of early volcanism[:]

Geoscientists from Michigan Technological University, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and ETH Zurich have traced the age and chemical signatures stored in tiny zircon minerals to examine the recycling of carbon […]
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[:es]Mars study yields clues to possible cradle of life[:]

The discovery of evidence for ancient sea-floor hydrothermal deposits on Mars identifies an area on the planet that may offer clues about the origin of life on Earth.