The asteroid belt
The asteroid belt, a region located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, is composed of millions of rocky objects ranging in size from...
What isn’t Life?
For centuries, mankind has struggled with the problem of defining life. Just what is it? What makes it different from things that are not...
Degradation or Regeneration The Climate Crucial Role of Regenerative Agriculture
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Are We the First: Was There Life Before Our Solar System?
The enduring question is: “Are We the First?” From what we already know of chemistry—especially that of carbon and water—it is highly probable that...
Searching for life on Venus
Venus is the closest planet to the Earth and the brightest celestial body after the Sun and the Moon...
Morphology of Meteorite Surfaces Ablated by High-Power Lasers: Review and Applications
Under controlled laboratory conditions, lasers represent a source of energy with well-defined parameters suitable for mimicking phenomena such as ablation, disintegration, and plasma formation...
Seeking out Moon and Mars superoxides for oxygen farming
The dusty faces of the Moon and Mars conceal unseen hazards for future explorers. Areas of highly oxidising material could be sufficiently reactive that...
Mars: New insights and unresolved questions
Mars exploration motivates the search for extraterrestrial life, the development of space technologies, and the design of human missions and habitations. Here, we seek...
The Way forward for the Origin of Life: Prions and Prion-Like Molecules First Hypothesis
In this paper the hypothesis that prions and prion-like molecules could have initiated the chemical evolutionary process which led to the eventual emergence of...
