Astrobiology Web
  • Advertising
  • Log In
  • Subscribe
  • Astrobiology
  • Astrochemistry
  • Exoplanets, -moons, -comets
  • Space Life Science
  • SETI & Technosignatures
  • Tricorders & Sensors
close
  • Astrobiology
  • Astrochemistry
  • Exoplanets, -moons, -comets
  • Space Life Science
  • SETI & Technosignatures
  • Tricorders & Sensors
  • Advertising
  • Log In
  • Subscribe
News Summary Archives

Astrobiology News 20 December 2006

By Keith Cowing
December 20, 2006
  • Oldest animal fossils may have been bacteria, University of Southern California
  • Study Finds the Air Rich with Bacteria, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Mission Status Report: GeneSat-1 Status Report: 19 Dec 2006 12 noon PST (Mission Day 4; Biology Experiment Day 2), NASA
  • Life: porridge would be just right for each universe, Nature
  • Detection of Leonids meteoric dust in the upper atmosphere by polarization measurements of the twilight sky, arXiv.org
  • Keith Cowing

    Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) 🖖🏻

    Follow on Twitter
    MORE FROM News Summary Archives
    Formation Of Unsaturated Carbon Chains Through Carbon Chemisorption On Solid CO
    News Summary Archives
    Formation Of Unsaturated Carbon Chains Through Carbon Chemisorption On Solid CO
    • Status Report
    • September 27, 2025
    Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) On IMAP Will Collect Stardust
    News Summary Archives
    Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) On IMAP Will Collect Stardust
    • Press Release
    • September 23, 2025
    Astrobiology News 19 July 2013
    News Summary Archives
    Astrobiology News 19 July 2013
    • July 19, 2013
    Astrobiology News 12 July 2013
    News Summary Archives
    Astrobiology News 12 July 2013
    • July 12, 2013
    Astrobiology News 27 June 2013
    News Summary Archives
    Astrobiology News 27 June 2013
    • June 27, 2013
    Astrobiology News 26 June 2013
    News Summary Archives
    Astrobiology News 26 June 2013
    • June 26, 2013
    News Summary Archives
    LATEST
    Formation Of Unsaturated Carbon Chains Through Carbon Chemisorption On Solid CO Formation Of Unsaturated Carbon Chains Through Carbon Chemisorption On Solid CO
    Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) On IMAP Will Collect Stardust Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) On IMAP Will Collect Stardust
    Astrobiology News 19 July 2013 Astrobiology News 19 July 2013
    Astrobiology News 12 July 2013 Astrobiology News 12 July 2013
    Astrobiology News 27 June 2013 Astrobiology News 27 June 2013
    Categories
    • AI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics
    • Alpha Centauri
    • Analog Studies
    • Apps - Games
    • Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine
    • Ariel
    • Ariel Mission
    • Artemis & Lunar Exploration
    • Astrobiology (general)
    • Astrochemistry
    • Astrogeology
    • Astronauts and Explorers
    • Astronomy & Telescopes
    • Astropharmacy / Biotechnology
    • Atmospheres, Climate, Weather
    • Away Teams & Field Reports
    • Barnard's Star
    • Beta Pictoris
    • Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry
    • Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology
    • Biophysics
    • Biosignatures & Paleobiology
    • Book, Film, Video Reviews
    • Brown Dwarfs
    • Budgets and Policy
    • Callisto
    • Career Opportunities
    • Caves, Craters, Mountains & Lava Tubes
    • Ceres
    • Charon
    • Citizen Science / Open Science
    • Comets and Asteroids
    • Commercial & Private Sector
    • Conferences and Meetings
    • Courses
    • Cryobiology
    • Cubesats and smallsats
    • Dale Andersen's Field Reports
    • Desert Worlds
    • Education and Outreach
    • Enceladus
    • Epsilon Eridani
    • Europa
    • Exoplanets, -moons, -comets
    • Exploration Gear & Tech
    • Extinction events
    • Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments
    • Fomalhaut
    • Fossils & Paleontology
    • Gaia - Planetary Perspectives
    • Gaia Mission
    • Ganymede
    • Gas Giants
    • Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics
    • Gravitational Biology
    • Habitable Zones
    • Ice Giant
    • Icy Worlds
    • Imaging & Spectroscopy
    • Impact events
    • Intelligence & Language
    • Interstellar
    • Io
    • Journal articles
    • Jupiter
    • Lava / Volcanic Worlds
    • Life Support Systems
    • Magnetic Fields, Electromagnetism, bioelectricity,
    • Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography
    • Mars
    • Mercury
    • Meteorites & Asteroids
    • Microbiology & Virology
    • Microgravity
    • Mimas
    • Miranda
    • Missions & Hardware
    • Moon
    • Nanotechnology & SynBio
    • NASA Astrobiology Program
    • Neptune
    • News Summary Archives
    • Nomenclature, Systematics, Natural History
    • Oberon
    • Origin & Evolution of Life
    • Panspermia
    • People Of Astrobiology
    • Planetary Protection & Biosafety
    • Plant Biology
    • Pluto
    • Polar / Alpine Expeditions
    • Policy
    • Proxima Centauri
    • Radiation
    • Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans
    • Robotics/Rovers/UAVs
    • ROVs/Submersibles/Diving
    • Sample Return
    • Saturn
    • Science Fiction
    • SETI & Technosignatures
    • Societal Issues
    • Space Agriculture
    • Space Life Science
    • Space Physiology & Medicine
    • Space Stations
    • Space Weather & Heliophysics
    • SPACELINE Current Awareness List
    • Stellar Cartography
    • Tardigrades
    • tau Ceti
    • Terraforming & Geoengineering
    • Titan
    • Titania
    • TRAPPIST-1
    • Tricorders & Sensors
    • Triton
    • Umbriel
    • Uranus
    • Venus
    • Video, Audio, Webcasts, Podcasts
    • Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
    spaceref
    SPACEREF
    • Bill Monthly
    • Bill Annually
    newsletter subscription
    Company Information
    • About
    • Copyright
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    Archives
    • 2025
    • 2024
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
    • 2012
    • 2011
    • 2010
    • 2009
    • 2008
    • 2007
    • 2006
    • 2005
    • 2004
    • 2003
    • 2002
    • 2001
    • 2000
    • 1999
    • 1998
    • 1997
    • 1996
    • 1989
    • 1981
    • 1977
    • 1976
    • 1971
    • 1970
    • 1966
    • 1960
    Featured Topics
    • Colors Of Life In The Clouds: Biopigments Of Atmospheric Microorganisms As A New Signature To Detect Life On Planets Like Earth
    • NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,167 26 September 2025 (Space Life Science Research Results)
    • Evidence Of A Past, Deep Ocean On Ariel, A Uranian Moon
    • Webb Studies A Carbon-rich Moon-Forming Disk Around A Massive Planet
    • The Interstellar Heritage Of Comets
    • Debris Disks And Their Properties With The Habitable Worlds Observatory
    Astrobiology Web

    2025 © Reston Communications. All rights reserved.