illustration: Carina Bixby

  • Where there's an ocean, there may be life: Similarities between Arctic viruses and hypothetical ecosystems on Europa

  • UW astrobiologist explores implications of subzero Martian brine

  • Superflares potentially less devastating to exoplanets, UW-affiliated astronomer team finds

  • UW researcher seeks to be first to detect polarized light from ‘hot Jupiter’ planets

  • UW-led survey creates most detailed star catalogue of Andromeda galaxy to date

  • Habitable worlds: New evidence for methane as an extraterrestrial sign of life

  • Lyving larger: Redefining what it means to be alive

  • The ‘one-two punch’: A new way galaxies can evolve and die