Rogue planets are planets without a host planetary system and thus roam freely in space. Without sunlight, could life exist via oceans prevalent underneath a thick layer of ice? With so many rogue planets, is this where we should be searching? Link: https://phys.org/news/2021-09-planets-rogue-sustain-life.html

New data analysis suggests that sunlight filtering through Venus’s clouds could support Earth-like photosynthesis, round-the-clock! Link: https://phys.org/news/2021-09-sunlight-filtering-venus-clouds-earth-like.html

If organic compounds could move between star systems, does this mean life could move throughout the galaxy without technological intervention? Link: https://phys.org/news/2021-09-galactic-panspermia-life-naturally-galaxy.html

Molecular assembly theory; a theory which helped Astro-biologists develop an index to search for life as we do, or do not, know it. Link: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/universal-life-detection-astrobiology-assembly-theory/