Articles by Dirk Schulze-Makuch

About Dirk Schulze-Makuch

Dirk Schulze-Makuch is a Professor at the Technical University Berlin, Germany, and an Adjunct Professor at Arizona State University and Washington State University. He has published eight books and nearly 200 scientific papers related to astrobiology and planetary habitability. His latest books are The Cosmic Zoo: Complex Life on Many Worlds and the 3rd edition of Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints.

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Life Beyond Earth August 4, 2020

Mars Exploration Takes a Major Leap

Life Beyond Earth July 21, 2020

Asteroids May Have Pummeled Earth 800 Million Years Ago—And That Was Not All Bad

Life Beyond Earth July 15, 2020

Planets Close to Their Host Stars May Be Habitable, but There’s a Catch

Life Beyond Earth June 30, 2020

This New Catalog of the Universe Contains, to the Best of Our Knowledge, One of Everything

Life Beyond Earth June 23, 2020

Meet the Real Resurrection Plant, Ramonda myconi

Life Beyond Earth June 11, 2020

Silicon-Based Life, That Staple of Science Fiction, May Not Be Likely After All

Life Beyond Earth June 5, 2020

We’re Very Close to Finding a Solar System like Our Own

Life Beyond Earth May 28, 2020

Statistics Say Intelligent Life in the Universe May Be Rare

Life Beyond Earth May 19, 2020

Long-lasting Oxygen in Earth’s Early Atmosphere May Have Jump-Started the Evolution to Animal Life

Life Beyond Earth May 4, 2020

How Common is Life, and Are We Unique?