News Archives Astrobiology Science News 22 July 2008 By Keith Cowing July 22, 2008 Color Gradients Detected in the HD 15115 Circumstellar Disk, astro-ph Search for Alien Life Gains New Impetus, Washington Post Barely Alive, Seafloor Microbes Might Resemble Exo-Organisms, Wired Microbes beneath sea floor genetically distinct, Penn State Keith Cowing SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber. Follow on Twitter