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Astrobiology Science News 29 April 2008

By Keith Cowing
April 29, 2008

  • Challenges for asteroseismic analysis of Sun-like stars, astro-ph
  • Life-Probing Instrument Preparing for Mission to Mars, UCSD
  • Like Martian Water for Chocolate
  • Scientists make chemical cousin of DNA for use as new nanotechnology building block
  • Before fossil fuels, Earth’s minerals kept CO2 in check
Keith Cowing

SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

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