Life On Earth

World Ozone Day 2020: Ozone Facts, Slogan And Significance

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Tuesday September 15, 2020

Ozone Day 2020: Life on our planet as we know would not be possible without the ozone layer. Ozone is a highly reactive gas found in the upper layers of the atmosphere and protects life on earth from the Sun's harsh ultraviolet rays. World Ozone Day is observed on September 16 every year. This year the slogan for World Ozone Day is 'Ozone For Life'...

Venus Discovered to Have Traces of Phosphine Gas Linked to Life on Earth

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday September 15, 2020

The atmosphere of Venus contains traces of phosphine gas – which on Earth can be attributed to living organisms – scientists said on Monday, in a fresh insight into conditions on our nearest planetary neighbour.

NASA's New Mars Rover 'Perseverance' Launched, Seeks Signs of Life

Reuters | Thursday July 30, 2020

NASA's next-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a $2.4 billion mission to search for traces of potential past life on Earth's planetary neighbour.

Asteroid Calamity Shaped Life On Earth 466 Million Years Ago: Study

Science | Reuters | Thursday September 19, 2019

The cataclysmic asteroid impact off Mexico's coast that doomed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was not the only time an astronomical event shaped the history of life on Earth.

This NASA Spacecraft Will Probe One Of Earth's Scariest Threats - The Sun

Science | Sarah Kaplan, Ben Guarino, The Washington Post | Friday August 10, 2018

The source of all light and life on Earth is also the source of one of its biggest natural threats: space weather. The sun's atmosphere regularly erupts with fast-moving flashes of protons and explosions of energetic particles that can hit Earth within minutes and disrupt radio communication, interfere with GPS and fry the electric grid. A "worst c...

Exoplanets Where Life Could Develop As It Did On Earth Identified

Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday August 2, 2018

Scientists have identified a group of exoplanets located outside our solar system, where the same chemical conditions that may have led to life on Earth exist.

Japanese Space Probe Reaches Asteroid In Search For Origin Of Life

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday June 27, 2018

The probe which traveled for more than three years through deep space will help scientists gain clues about what gave rise to life on Earth from samples taken from Ryugu, which is thought to contain relatively large amounts of organic matter and water.

Dormant Life On Earth's Driest Desert Hints At Possibilities On Mars

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday February 27, 2018

It may rain once a decade or less in South America's Atacama Desert, but tiny bacteria and microorganisms survive there, hinting at the possibility of similar life on Mars, researchers said Monday.

Scientists Find Potential Missing Link In Origin Of Life On Earth

World News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 7, 2017

Scientists, including those of Indian origin, have discovered a compound that may have played a crucial role in the origin of life on Earth.

Oldest Signs Of Life On Earth May Be In 3.95 Billion-Year-Old Rocks

World News | Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post | Friday September 29, 2017

The Saglek Block rocks of northern Labrador have been submerged beneath water, sucked into Earth's interior, twisted, squeezed and torn by tectonic forces, wrenched upward, weathered by wind and waves, and otherwise subjected to every imaginable form of battering a piece of stone can endure in the course of 3.95 billion years.

Ultraviolet Light May Be Key To Finding Alien Life: Study

World News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 1, 2017

Ultraviolet light may have played a critical role in the emergence of life on Earth and could be a key to finding life elsewhere in the universe, a study led by an Indian-origin scientist at Harvard suggests.

Early Life On Earth Began On Land Not Sea: Report

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday July 19, 2017

A paradigm-shifting hypothesis has pushed back the time for the emergence of microbial life on Earth by 580 million years, suggesting that life began not in the sea but on land.

'Annihilation' Of Earth's Species Underway: Study

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday July 11, 2017

The sixth mass extinction of life on Earth is unfolding more quickly than feared, and amounts to a "biological annihilation" of the planet's wildlife, scientists have warned.

Deep-Sea Life On Earth Gives Us A Clue To What Aliens Would Be Like

World News | Ben Guarino, The Washington Post | Friday April 14, 2017

As the spacecraft Cassini flew past Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, the orbiter detected molecular hydrogen, a finding announced Thursday. It's a nifty discovery, hinting that heated vents beneath Enceladus's oceans may have the right conditions for life. We didn't find any actual evidence of extraterrestrial organisms, though, despite NASA's cryptic ...

Hydrogen In Saturn Moon's Ice Plumes May Support Microbial Life

World News | Reuters | Friday April 14, 2017

Ice plumes shooting into space from Saturn's ocean-bearing moon Enceladus contain hydrogen from hydrothermal vents, an environment that some scientists believe led to the rise of life on Earth, research published on Thursday showed.