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Away Team Training: Tricorder Use During Cave Microbiology Assay

Away Teams & Field Reports

Away Team Training: Tricorder Use During Cave Microbiology Assay

A New Study Reveals How Oxygen First Reached Earth’s Oceans

Atmospheres, Climate, Weather

A New Study Reveals How Oxygen First Reached Earth’s Oceans

Modeling Photoprotection of Ultraviolet C Radiation by Ferric Ions and Implications for the Habitability of Ancient Martian Lakes

Mars

Modeling Photoprotection of Ultraviolet C Radiation by Ferric Ions and Implications for the Habitability of Ancient Martian Lakes

New Study Sheds Light On The Milky Way’s Mysterious Chemical History

Astrochemistry

New Study Sheds Light On The Milky Way’s Mysterious Chemical History

Conclusive Tests For The RISTRETTO Proxima b Exoplanet Explorer

News Summary Archives

Conclusive Tests For The RISTRETTO Proxima b Exoplanet Explorer

SPHERE’s Debris Disk Gallery: Tell-tale Signs Of Dust And Small Bodies In Distant Solar Systems

Astrogeology

SPHERE’s Debris Disk Gallery: Tell-tale Signs Of Dust And Small Bodies In Distant Solar Systems

Uranus And Neptune Might Be Rock Giants

Ice Giant

Uranus And Neptune Might Be Rock Giants

Venus As An Exoplanet Analog: Extended UV Transit Signatures And Coronal Occultations

Venus

Venus As An Exoplanet Analog: Extended UV Transit Signatures And Coronal Occultations

Toward Process-Driven Research in Astrobiology: Stepping Away from the Binary Biogenicity Versus Abiogenicity Approach

Origin & Evolution of Life

Toward Process-Driven Research in Astrobiology: Stepping Away from the Binary Biogenicity Versus Abiogenicity Approach

The Impact Of Surface Acetylene Cyclotrimerization On The Abundance Of Aromatic Hydrocarbons In Carbon-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars

Astrochemistry

The Impact Of Surface Acetylene Cyclotrimerization On The Abundance Of Aromatic Hydrocarbons In Carbon-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars

Multi-bandpass Photometry for Exoplanet Atmosphere Reconnaissance (MPEAR) with the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) — I. Differentiating Earth from Neptunes During Discovery

Astronomy & Telescopes

Multi-bandpass Photometry for Exoplanet Atmosphere Reconnaissance (MPEAR) with the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) — I. Differentiating Earth from Neptunes During Discovery

Search for Life Should Be Top Science Priority for First Human Landing on Mars, Says New Report

Mars

Search for Life Should Be Top Science Priority for First Human Landing on Mars, Says New Report

SPHEREx Pre-Perihelion Mapping of H2O, CO2, and CO in Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

Comets and Asteroids

SPHEREx Pre-Perihelion Mapping of H2O, CO2, and CO in Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

JWST TRAPPIST-1 e/b Program: Motivation and First Observations

TRAPPIST-1

JWST TRAPPIST-1 e/b Program: Motivation and First Observations

TOI-7166 b: A Habitable Zone Mini-Neptune Planet Around A Nearby Low-mass Star

News Summary Archives

TOI-7166 b: A Habitable Zone Mini-Neptune Planet Around A Nearby Low-mass Star