Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com Science news and technology updates from Scientific American https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/assets/Image/newsletter/salogo.pngScientific Americanhttp://www.scientificamerican.com Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:20:27 GMT en-us Scientific American, a Division of Springer Nature America, Inc. Scientific American multimedia@sciam.com NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Ends Mission on the Red Planet after 3 Years https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-rsquo-s-mars-helicopter-ingenuity-ends-mission-on-the-red-planet-after-3-years/ 95E1BB74-9B12-453E-BF6ED426C4FE3F8B Thu, 25 Jan 2024 23:40:00 GMT Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:07:12 GMT <p>NASA&rsquo;s enterprising Mars helicopter and its remarkable 72 flights offered a new vision of planetary exploration</p> <p>NASA&rsquo;s enterprising Mars helicopter and its remarkable 72 flights offered a new vision of planetary exploration</p> Meghan BartelsSpace & PhysicsExtraterrestrial LifeSpace Exploration Here's What I Learned as the U.S. Government's UFO Hunter https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-what-i-learned-as-the-u-s-governments-ufo-hunter/ B060DAFC-D39C-4ABE-A90F39A7A64948C2 Fri, 19 Jan 2024 13:30:00 GMT <p>A forthcoming&nbsp;investigational report from an office of the&nbsp;Pentagon&nbsp;has found&nbsp;no evidence of aliens, only&nbsp;allegations circulated&nbsp;repeatedly&nbsp;by UFO claim&nbsp;advocates</p> <p>A forthcoming&nbsp;investigational report from an office of the&nbsp;Pentagon&nbsp;has found&nbsp;no evidence of aliens, only&nbsp;allegations circulated&nbsp;repeatedly&nbsp;by UFO claim&nbsp;advocates</p> Sean KirkpatrickSpace & PhysicsExtraterrestrial LifeAerospaceDefense New Evidence Discovered That Saturn's Moon Could Support Life https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-evidence-discovered-that-saturns-moon-could-support-life/ 42EC4927-DCA1-4FCB-8629CD510F8DD0BA Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:15:00 GMT <p>Molecules in Enceladus&rsquo;s icy plumes suggest that alien life could exist in our solar system</p> <p>Molecules in Enceladus&rsquo;s icy plumes suggest that alien life could exist in our solar system</p> foreground), Titan (large crescent, upper left) and Rhea (small crescent, upper left) based on imagery from the Cassini spacecraft.]]> Ling XinSpace & PhysicsExtraterrestrial Life Subterranean 'Microbial Dark Matter' Reveals a Strange Dichotomy https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/subterranean-microbial-dark-matter-reveals-a-strange-dichotomy/ 7D1F469D-E539-4216-8A0A5B7F9CBEEFDC Tue, 12 Dec 2023 13:00:00 GMT <p>The genes of microbes living as deep as 1.5 kilometers below the surface reveal a split between minimalist and maximalist lifestyles</p> <p>The genes of microbes living as deep as 1.5 kilometers below the surface reveal a split between minimalist and maximalist lifestyles</p> Stephanie PappasBiologyMicrobiologyExtraterrestrial Life