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Origin of life

Technicians at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California inspect one of eight CYGNSS spacecraft on 11 October.
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New NASA Science Head Foresees Progress in Search for Alien Life

by Randy Showstack 4 November 20164 November 2016

Thomas Zurbuchen said other top goals for science and the agency include understanding and protecting life on Earth and probing fundamental aspects of the universe like dark matter and dark energy.

Solar flares took place much more frequently 4 billion years ago than today, bombarding Earth with energetic protons and radiation.
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Did Solar Flares Cook Up Life on Earth?

by JoAnna Wendel 23 May 20167 September 2016

Scientists have found that "super" solar flares could have warmed the ancient planet and jump-started life.

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New NOVA TV Show Explores Coevolution of Rocks and Life

by Randy Showstack 13 January 201629 May 2016

Mineralogist Robert Hazen and other scientists probe connections between living organisms and rocks in "Life's Rocky Start," which premieres tonight on PBS stations around the United States.

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Where Curiosity Has Taken Us

by A. R. Vasavada 12 January 201629 May 2016

The Curiosity rover, one of NASA's flagship missions, analyzes Martian geology, geochemistry, climatology, and radiation to assess whether Mars could have supported microbial life.

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Curiosity Rover Finds Organic Molecules on Martian Surface

by David Shultz 12 October 201512 October 2015

Scientists assess the present and past habitability of Mars from organic compounds detected at Gale Crater.

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