What If the Sun Were Destroyed?
Every Wednesday, we’re asking a what-if question – how would our world be different if something were changed? Today’s question is from QSFer Scott: What if the sun were destroyed? … Read more
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SPACE: Signs of Possible Life on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus?
The methane wafting from Enceladus may be a sign that life teems in the Saturn moon’s subsurface sea, a new study reports. In 2005, NASA’s Cassini Saturn orbiter discovered geysers … Read more
SPACE: Water-Based Life Extremely Unlikely On Venus
The amount of water in the atmosphere of Venus is so low that even the most drought-tolerant of Earth’s microbes wouldn’t be able to survive there, a new study has … Read more
SPACE: We Should Study (And Maybe Seed) Dead Worlds
The search for life in the universe tends to focus on habitable environments. But to answer questions about how life emerged and spread, as well as the limits of habitability, … Read more
Is There Life on Mars in Subglacial Lakes?
Venus may harbour life some 50km above its surface, we learned a couple of weeks ago. Now a new paper, published in Nature Astronomy, reveals that the best place for … Read more
Where Might There Be Life in the Solar System?
The Earth’s biosphere contains all the known ingredients necessary for life as we know it. Broadly speaking these are: liquid water, at least one source of energy, and an inventory … Read more
SPACE: Possible Signs of Life Found on Venus
An unexplained chemical has turned up in the upper atmosphere of Venus. Scientists are tentatively suggesting it could be a sign of life. The unknown chemical is phosphine gas (PH3), … Read more
“Rainbow Meteorite” May Carry the Building Blocks of Life
A small, soft space rock smacked into Costa Rica on April 23, 2019. And it may have carried building blocks for life. The washing machine-sized clay fireball broke up before … Read more
FOR WRITERS: Balancing it All
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Paula Wyant: How do you balance it all? Evil Day Job, writing, editing/revising, other hobbies and interests, sleep (I’m pretty sure J. … Read more
Researchers Find Traces of Martian Oceans in Antarctic Meteorite
A bit of 4-billion-year-old rock blasted off the Martian surface about 15 million years ago and eventually landed in Antarctica, where explorers found it in 1984. In the decades since, … Read more