- Microbes in Mono Lake found that do not require all of the long thought essential elements of life in 2010
- Allan Hills 84001 meterorite believed to contain traces of life on Mars in 1996
- Spirit & Opportunity of Mars Exploration Rover Mission beginning in 2003
- First extrasolar planets PSR B1257+12 B & C discovered in 1992
- Planets found in the Goldilocks/hospitable zone around Gliese 581 in 2009/2010