Life on the moons of our Solar System

A picture of the surface of a moon. Speculating about which moons in our Solar System would be the best candidate for the terraforming process

Spreading out among the stars and building new colonies has long been a dream for humanity, but we shouldn’t just looked at neighbouring planets as potential future homes. Scientists have been collecting information on the moons in our Solar System for decades, and they are often just as interesting as the planets they orbit. Our Solar System is home to […]

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Directed Panspermia: Synthetic DNA in bioforming planets

This seeding of a planet with life is known as directed panspermia.

As our technological advancements continue, scientists are beginning to turn what was science fiction into reality. Concepts such as terraforming and travel between stars are becoming more achievable, giving life to the dream that one day we might colonise other planets. Directed panspermia is one method of altering a hostile, uninhabited planet to a more Earth-like environment, and Cork Institute […]

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