New study shows much of the world emerged from last Ice Age together, Columbia University Recent, rapid climate change is driving evolution of animal species, University of Oregon Ancient ‘Reef’ […]
June 2006
Posted inEnceladus, Icy Worlds
Enceladus Focus Group
Following on the recent Cassini discoveries of geysers, organics, and excess heat emanating from the south polar terrain of Enceladus, and the exciting implications of these findings for possible subterranean […]
Posted inCommercial & Private Sector, Missions & Hardware, Space Life Science
Small Satellites as Platforms for Science
A satellite session is scheduled for November 2, 2006, from 2-5 p.m., the day before the 22nd annual ASGSB meeting officially starts. The title of the session is “Small Satellites […]
Posted inSpace Life Science
Partial Listing of Space Life Science Publications in 2006
Editor’s note:The following list of 49 journal articles is a subset of life science research focusing on microgravity and spaceflight published in 2006. This is derived from a simple keyword […]
Posted inNews Summary Archives
Astrobiology Science News 8 June 2006
Thermal Infrared Constraint to a Planetary Companion of Vega with the MMT Adaptive Optics System, lanl.arXiv.org Clio: a 3-5 micron AO planet-finding camera, lanl.arXiv.org Massive-Star Supernovae as Major Dust Factories, […]
Posted inSpace Life Science
Senate Hearing on NASA Science
Senate Commerce Committee’s Subscommittee on Science and Space Hearing: NASA Budget and Programs: Outside Perspectives Statement by Charles BoldenStatement by Peter VoorheesStatement by Roy TorbertStatement by James Pawelczyk “The next […]
Posted inConferences and Meetings, Societal Issues
NASA History Division and National Air and Space Museum Division of Space History
19-21 September 2006 Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC – Purpose: The purpose of this conference is to undertake a broad overview of the societal impact of space exploration, especially […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Conferences and Meetings, Education and Outreach
Astrobiology Summer Workshops for Educators Kick Off in Canada
Led by the E/PO Leads from NAI’s University of Arizona, teachers from across the country convened in Alberta, Canada this past weekend for a two day professional development experience focused […]
Posted inAstrogeology
Solomon Receives Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award
NAI congratulates Dr. Sean C. Solomon, Principal Investigator of Carnegie Institution of Washington’s NASA Astrobiology Institute and Director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of CIW, on his receipt of […]
Posted inNews Summary Archives
Astrobiology Science News 7 June 2006
Palaeontology: Respect for stromatolites, Nature Stromatolite reef from the Early Archaean era of Australia, Nature Titan Radar Mapper observations from Cassini’s T3 fly-by, Nature Stabilization of the disk around beta-Pictoris […]