Message from Dale Andersen on 4 Dec 2021 at 4:23 am ET “I’m starting my trip. Follow along at my MapShare site! Heading to lakeObersee for the day.” Update a4 […]
December 2021
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Neptune
TOI-712: A System Of Adolescent Mini-Neptunes Extending To The Habitable Zone
As an all-sky survey, NASA’s TESS mission is able to detect the brightest and rarest types of transiting planetary systems, including young planets that enable study of the evolutionary processes […]
Posted inExtinction events
Volcanic Fertilization Of The Oceans Drove Severe Mass Extinction
Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered that two intense periods of volcanism triggered a period of global cooling and falling oxygen levels in the oceans, which caused one […]
Posted inVenus
Constraints On The Production Of Phosphine By Venusian Volcanoes
The initial reports of the presence of phosphine in the cloud decks of Venus has led to the suggestion that volcanism was the source of phosphine, through volcanic phosphides ejected […]
Posted inMars
Mars: New Insights And Unresolved Questions
Mars exploration motivates the search for extraterrestrial life, the development of space technologies, and the design of human missions and habitations. Here we seek new insights and pose unresolved questions […]
Posted inPress Release, SETI & Technosignatures
One Of Everything: The Breakthrough Listen Exotica Catalog
We present Breakthrough Listen’s “Exotica” Catalog as the centerpiece of our efforts to expand the diversity of targets surveyed in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). As motivation, we introduce […]
Posted inEuropa
Are Water Plumes Spraying From Europa?
In 2005, images of a brilliant watery plume erupting from the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus captivated the world. The giant column of vapor, ice particles, and organic molecules spraying […]
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Press Release, Space Agriculture, Space Stations
Researchers Put Space Garden Microbes Under the Microscope
When people and equipment travel to the International Space Station, microbes like bacteria and fungi also come along for the ride. While some are harmless or even beneficial, some hitchhiking […]
Posted inMicrogravity
Cells' Replication Of DNA Is More 'Error-prone' In Microgravity
On 22 May 2019, scientists from Queen’s University boarded a modified Falcon 20 aircraft at Ottawa airport. Scheduled was a ‘vomit comet’ flight, where the plane repeatedly climbs to 8km […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Europa, Icy Worlds, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Do Oceanic Convection and Clathrate Dissociation Drive Europa's Geysers?
Water vapor geysers on Europa have been inferred from observations made by the Galileo spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Keck Observatory. Unlike the water-rich geysers observed on Enceladus, […]