News Briefs

ESA’s Rosetta mission is providing unique insight into the life cycle of a comet’s dusty surface, watching 67P/C-G as it sheds the dusty coat it has accumulated over the past four years.

It’s application time for the NASA Office of Education Scholarship and Research Opportunities.

ESA's Mars lander, Beagle-2, was lost in 2003 when it landed on Mars. Now, it has been spotted in images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

A percepção de que a natureza do debate sobre a vida em outros mundos está para mudar fundamentalmente levou o professor de astronomia David Weintraub a começar a pensar seriamente sobre a questão de como as pessoas reagirão à descoberta de vida em outros planetas.

The year 2014 ranks as Earth’s warmest since 1880, according to two separate analyses by NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists.

A new international exhibition, "LIGHT: Beyond the Bulb," has been launched to celebrate the 2015 International Year of Light.

Scientists have discovered one of the rarest minerals on Earth in a Wisconsin impact crater.

O ambiente físico pode produzir choques repentinos para a vida do nosso planeta através do impacto de rochas espaciais, vulcões em erupção e outros eventos.

In February, NASA will hold a workshop to discuss the possibility of searching for signs of life in a plume on Europa.

Astrobiology Magazine counts down the top 10 stories of 2014.

This mini-interview comes from the SAM Science Team website at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Scientists have discovered new details about Europa and it's potential plume by re-examining data from the Cassini mission's 2001 flyby.

By studying how the structural components of RNA interact, and how the molecule performs the remarkable feat of self-assembling, scientists have uncovered new details about the chemical evolution of RNA.

Pesquisadores encontraram evidências de um potencial ‘oceano significativo’ de água nos subterrâneos dos Estados Unidos da América.

A new review provides a resource for understanding the role of microorganisms in Earth's iron cycle.