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Jupiter in space

Venus might be habitable today, if not for Jupiter

Venus might not be a sweltering, waterless hellscape today if Jupiter hadn’t altered its orbit around the sun, according to new UC Riverside research.

By Jules Bernstein | September 30, 2020 | Science / Technology
proxima centauri seen from the hubble telescope

Carbon monoxide detectors could warn of extraterrestrial life

For some distant worlds, carbon monoxide may actually be compatible with a robust microbial biosphere

By Sarah Simpson | March 18, 2019 | Science / Technology
Illustration of Earth as seen from space. Credit: RPI

New NASA research consortium to tackle life's origins

NASA is uniting experts across multiple disciplines to investigate life's beginnings on our planet -- and to explore if and how life sprung up elsewhere in the universe

By PCE3 Consortium | February 14, 2019 | Science / Technology
exomoon orbiting planet

Atmospheric seasons could signal alien life

UCR researchers are using seasonal changes in the Earth’s atmosphere to guide their search for life outside the solar system

By Sarah Nightingale | May 9, 2018 | Science / Technology
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