June 2015 - Astrobiology

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Month: June 2015

Fossils Explain How Life Coped During Snowball Earth

Icy Worlds

Fossils Explain How Life Coped During Snowball Earth

UV Surface Environment of Earth-like Planets Orbiting FGKM Stars Through Geological Evolution

Exoplanets, -moons, -comets

UV Surface Environment of Earth-like Planets Orbiting FGKM Stars Through Geological Evolution

Giant Comet-like Tail Discovered on Small Exoplanet

Exoplanets, -moons, -comets

Giant Comet-like Tail Discovered on Small Exoplanet

Effect of UV Radiation on the Spectral Fingerprints of Earth-like Planets Orbiting M dwarfs

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Effect of UV Radiation on the Spectral Fingerprints of Earth-like Planets Orbiting M dwarfs

Photochemistry Generated by Stellar Cosmic Rays for Planets in the Habitable Zone of M-Dwarf Stars

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Photochemistry Generated by Stellar Cosmic Rays for Planets in the Habitable Zone of M-Dwarf Stars

Origin and Stability of Exomoon Atmospheres: Implications for Habitability

Exoplanets, -moons, -comets

Origin and Stability of Exomoon Atmospheres: Implications for Habitability

Simulating the Synthesis of Amino Acids in Meteorite Parent Bodies

Astrochemistry

Simulating the Synthesis of Amino Acids in Meteorite Parent Bodies

Polymerization of Building Blocks of Life on Europa and Other Icy Moons

Astrochemistry

Polymerization of Building Blocks of Life on Europa and Other Icy Moons

Outgassing History and Escape of the Martian Atmosphere and Water Inventory

Mars

Outgassing History and Escape of the Martian Atmosphere and Water Inventory

Nonphotosynthetic Pigments Could Be Biosignatures of Life on Other Worlds

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Nonphotosynthetic Pigments Could Be Biosignatures of Life on Other Worlds

Titan's Atmosphere Even More Earth-like than Previously Thought

Titan

Titan's Atmosphere Even More Earth-like than Previously Thought

All Systems Go for NASA's Mission to Europa

Europa

All Systems Go for NASA's Mission to Europa

Astronomers Create An Array of Earth-like Planet Models

Exoplanets, -moons, -comets

Astronomers Create An Array of Earth-like Planet Models

Methane Found in Mars Meteorites

Mars

Methane Found in Mars Meteorites

Team Finds New Hope for Life in Martian Crust

Mars

Team Finds New Hope for Life in Martian Crust

Making Organic Molecules in Hydrothermal Vents in the Absence of Life

Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry

Making Organic Molecules in Hydrothermal Vents in the Absence of Life

Atmospheric Signs of Volcanic Activity Could Aid Search for Life

Astrogeology

Atmospheric Signs of Volcanic Activity Could Aid Search for Life

MRO Detects Impact Glass on Surface of Mars

Mars

MRO Detects Impact Glass on Surface of Mars

Amino Acids in Chondrites

Astrochemistry

Amino Acids in Chondrites

Prebiotic Glycerol in Interstallar Ice

Astrochemistry

Prebiotic Glycerol in Interstallar Ice