Feb 13, 2002 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Profile: David Wynn-Williams
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - In frozen Antarctica, an astrobiologist studies how to hunt for life on Mars.

Jan 07, 2002 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Signs of Life: On the Lookout for Extraterrestrial Sweet Spots
(Space.com) - A new report reviews methods for detecting extraterrestrial life, and for preventing cross-contamination of planets.

Oct 30, 2001 | TECHNOLOGIES
NASA Bulldozer Rovers Could Get the Scoop on Mars
(NASA) - Tiny bulldozer rovers may some day dish up the dirt and pack it in on Mars.

Oct 24, 2001 | TECHNOLOGIES
Bee Vision: The Latest Buzz in Space Exploration
(NASA) - With their ability to see the unique patterns of flowers visible only in the ultraviolet range, bees have inspired NASA researchers to develop new technologies to search for life on other planets.

Sep 05, 2001 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
NASA Makes Data from Mars Life Experiments Available to Scientists
(Washington Post) - Twenty-five years after the Viking mission tested for evidence of life on Mars, NASA has made the data available for reexamination by the scientific community.

Jul 20, 2001 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Twenty-Five Years after Viking, Mars Life Debate Continues
(CNN) - On the anniversary of the first Viking landing on Mars, scientists disagree over what Viking found when it scooped up Martian soil.

Apr 23, 2001 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Keeping "Cool" at Deep-Sea Vents
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Using a novel detector attached to a submarine, researchers study weird worms that inhabit deep-sea hydrothermal vent sites.

Apr 09, 2001 | MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Life's chemical fingerprints
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Using a technique called Raman spectroscopy, researchers are developing instruments that may one day search for life on Mars, Europa, or Callisto.

Mar 21, 2001 | SCIENCE
Evo devo learns a larval lesson
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Scientists have studied the life history of animals, part of a field called development, for many decades. Other scientists have studied how life arose and evolved on Earth. For the first time since the early part of this century, the two fields are coming together, in a new discipline called "Evo Devo."

Mar 16, 2001 | TECHNOLOGIES
Ice probe reveals images deep within Antarctic ice
(NASA) - The technology may one day be used to explore other planets.

Mar 14, 2001 | SCIENCE
Looking for Signs of Life in Acid-Washed Rocks
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Extraordinary clues to the history of biological evolution on Earth often come from something as mundane as rocks. To better understand the close connection between life and geology -- and how one affects the other -- new laboratory methods are being developed to tease out the information that ancient rocks contain.

Dec 20, 2000 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
Beagle 2 landing site on Mars selected
(ESA) - The region appears to be a sedimentary basin where traces of life could have been preserved.

Oct 18, 2000 | SCIENCE
Bacteria brought back to life after 250 million years
(BBC) - Microbes dormant for 250 million years have been revived. The findings may have implications for the search for life on Mars and for the origin of life on Earth.

Sep 14, 2000 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
How deep to dig for life on Mars?
(NASA) - NASA researchers have simulated chemical processes in the Martian soil. Their findings will help determine how deep to dig to look for life on Mars.

Aug 21, 2000 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
Liquid water on the surface of Mars?
(space.com) - A group of scientists disputes the consensus that liquid water can't exist on the Martian surface.

Aug 17, 2000 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Microscope to search for life on Mars
(space.com) - The microscope will be carried aboard the British Beagle 2 lander, set to land in 2003.

Aug 12, 2000 | SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGIES
Going to the Arctic to look for life on Mars
(space.com) - In the Canadian Arctic, a researcher with the Haughton-Mars expedition is testing technologies that may one day search for DNA on Mars.

Aug 10, 2000 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
NASA plans to send twin rovers to Mars in 2003
(Spaceflight Now/NASA) - The two rovers will study the history of water on Mars and search for evidence of life.

Jun 14, 2000 | TECHNOLOGIES
Sensor webs to look for life
(Spaceflight Now) - In a garden in Southern California, NASA is testing a new generation of life-detection technology.

Aug 24, 1999 | MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Hunt for life on Mars gets rehearsal in Egyptian Desert
(Houston Chronicle/AFP) - Radar for searching for life on Mars will be tested in Egypt. The technologies will be used aboard the Mars Express mission.