December 2020 - Astrobiology

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Month: December 2020

Report: National Strategy for Planetary Protection

Planetary Protection

Report: National Strategy for Planetary Protection

Report: Planetary Protection for the Study of Lunar Volatiles

Planetary Protection

Report: Planetary Protection for the Study of Lunar Volatiles

Discovery Boosts Theory That Life On Earth Arose From RNA-DNA Mix

Origin & Evolution of Life

Discovery Boosts Theory That Life On Earth Arose From RNA-DNA Mix

Hydrogen-supported Life Beneath Antarctic Glaciers

Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments

Hydrogen-supported Life Beneath Antarctic Glaciers

Endogenic And Exogenic Contributions To Visible-wavelength Spectra Of Europa's Trailing Hemisphere

Europa

Endogenic And Exogenic Contributions To Visible-wavelength Spectra Of Europa's Trailing Hemisphere

Magnetospheres of Terrestrial Exoplanets and Exomoons: Implications for Habitability and Detection

Exoplanets & Exomoons

Magnetospheres of Terrestrial Exoplanets and Exomoons: Implications for Habitability and Detection

The Fundamental Connections Between the Solar System and Exoplanetary Science

Exoplanets & Exomoons

The Fundamental Connections Between the Solar System and Exoplanetary Science

Volcanic Eruptions Directly Triggered Ocean Acidification During The Early Cretaceous

Atmospheres & Climate

Volcanic Eruptions Directly Triggered Ocean Acidification During The Early Cretaceous

Detectability Of Biosignatures On LHS 1140 b

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Detectability Of Biosignatures On LHS 1140 b

H2O2 Greenhouse Warming On Oxidized Early Mars

Mars

H2O2 Greenhouse Warming On Oxidized Early Mars

Key Building Block For Organic Molecules Discovered In Meteorites

Meteorites & Asteroids

Key Building Block For Organic Molecules Discovered In Meteorites

Discovery Finds A Cellular Building Block Acts As A Gel, Not A Liquid As Previously Believed

Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

Discovery Finds A Cellular Building Block Acts As A Gel, Not A Liquid As Previously Believed

The Tierras Observatory: An Ultra-precise Photometer To Characterize Nearby Terrestrial Exoplanets

Exoplanets & Exomoons

The Tierras Observatory: An Ultra-precise Photometer To Characterize Nearby Terrestrial Exoplanets

Oxidation Processes Diversify The Metabolic Menu On Enceladus

Enceladus

Oxidation Processes Diversify The Metabolic Menu On Enceladus

Mars2020 And Mars Sample Return

Mars

Mars2020 And Mars Sample Return

Tricorder Tech: Design Of The Life Signature Detection Polarimeter LSDpol

Tricorders & Sensors

Tricorder Tech: Design Of The Life Signature Detection Polarimeter LSDpol

Oceans Without Oxygen

Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

Oceans Without Oxygen

SwRI Models Point To A Potentially Diverse Metabolic Menu At Enceladus

Enceladus

SwRI Models Point To A Potentially Diverse Metabolic Menu At Enceladus

When Dinosaurs Disappeared, Forests Thrived

Impact events

When Dinosaurs Disappeared, Forests Thrived

This Device Mimics Life's First Steps In Outer Space

Missions & Hardware

This Device Mimics Life's First Steps In Outer Space