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By resurrecting a 3.2-billion-year-old enzyme and studying it inside living microbes, researchers at the University of ...

NASA’s Kepler telescope has identified Kepler 452b, the most Earth like planet ever discovered, orbiting in the habitable zone of a sunlike star. This video explains why the find is so important, how ...

Astrobiology Club at the University seeks to break down misconceptions of alien life and create a space for scientific discussions.

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Nitrogen, upon which all life on Earth depends, may hold the key for explaining how early life on the planet evolved and how it could evolve on other planets.

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