Sentences with phrase «search for life in the universe»

«Bursts of methane may have warmed early Mars: Findings may help in search for life in the universe.»

That suggests a counterintuitive idea in the broader search for life in the universe: Maybe a little death from the skies is actually a good thing.

Kepler's bureaucratic history was even more tortured than Corot's, but the spacecraft is headed for launch on April 10, 2009, and astronomers are counting on it to settle the question of just how common Earths are — a result that will guide the whole future search for life in the universe.

«Our quest on Mars has been to «follow the water,» in our search for life in the universe, and now we have convincing science that validates what we've long suspected,» said John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

It is possible that what is happening at the Vostok station today is the beginning of our next chapter in the search for life in the universe.

I spent some of last week at a fascinating and lively symposium on the origins of life and the search for life in the universe, held at the Earth - Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

But those holding out hope for contact from extraterrestrials can breathe easy: Humanity's current search for alien intelligence doesn't rely on an intelligible message, say scientists with the SETI Institute, which is dedicated to the search for life in the universe.

Directed by astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger, the Institute has built an entirely new research group, spanning 10 departments and including more than 20 faculty who focus on the search for life in the universe.

Finding sources of funding to search for life in the universe can be tricky, with only a few individual wealthy investors and limited opportunities for government research support.