2022 - Astrobiology

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Year: 2022

The Search for Habitable, Earth-Sized Planets around SPECULOOS-2

Exoplanetology: Exoplanets & Exomoons

The Search for Habitable, Earth-Sized Planets around SPECULOOS-2

Planetary Protection: Killing Bacteria Deep Inside a Spacecraft

Planetary Protection

Planetary Protection: Killing Bacteria Deep Inside a Spacecraft

No Oxygen Was Required To Make Manganese Oxides Found On Mars

Mars

No Oxygen Was Required To Make Manganese Oxides Found On Mars

Analytic Frozen Orbits Under The Zonal Harmonics Perturbation From An Earth-like Planet

Exoplanetology: Exoplanets & Exomoons

Analytic Frozen Orbits Under The Zonal Harmonics Perturbation From An Earth-like Planet

Perseverance Rover Starts To Collect Regolith Samples

Mars

Perseverance Rover Starts To Collect Regolith Samples

A Self-Replicating Radiation-Shield for Human Deep-Space Exploration

Radiation

A Self-Replicating Radiation-Shield for Human Deep-Space Exploration

Nanotech Away Missions: Picogram-scale Probes To Explore Nearby Stars

Nanotechnology & SynBio

Nanotech Away Missions: Picogram-scale Probes To Explore Nearby Stars

PHANGS-JWST First Results: Destruction of the PAH molecules in HII regions probed by JWST and MUSE

Astrochemistry

PHANGS-JWST First Results: Destruction of the PAH molecules in HII regions probed by JWST and MUSE

Ancient Asteroid Grains Provide Insight Into The Evolution Of Our Solar System

Astrogeology

Ancient Asteroid Grains Provide Insight Into The Evolution Of Our Solar System

Enhanced Assembly Of Bacteriophage T7 Produced In Cell-free Reactions Under Simulated Microgravity

Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

Enhanced Assembly Of Bacteriophage T7 Produced In Cell-free Reactions Under Simulated Microgravity

Sulfur Ion Implantations Into Condensed CO2: Implications For Europa

Europa

Sulfur Ion Implantations Into Condensed CO2: Implications For Europa

$Hubble WFC3 Spectroscopy of the Terrestrial Planets L~98-59~c \& d: No Evidence for a Clear Hydrogen Dominated Primary Atmosphere$

Atmospheres & Climate

Hubble WFC3 Spectroscopy of the Terrestrial Planets L~98-59~c \& d: No Evidence for a Clear Hydrogen Dominated Primary Atmosphere

Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 24 December 2022: Base Camp At An Oasis In A Frozen Desert

Dale Andersen's Field Reports

Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 24 December 2022: Base Camp At An Oasis In A Frozen Desert

Smallest Mobile Lifeform Created

Origin & Evolution of Life

Smallest Mobile Lifeform Created

Mcr-Dependent Methanogenesis In Archaeoglobaceae Enriched From A Terrestrial Hot Spring

Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments

Mcr-Dependent Methanogenesis In Archaeoglobaceae Enriched From A Terrestrial Hot Spring

High-Resolution Transmission Spectroscopy of the Terrestrial Exoplanet GJ 486b

Imaging & Spectroscopy

High-Resolution Transmission Spectroscopy of the Terrestrial Exoplanet GJ 486b

The Future Of Humanity Here And Elsewhere: Humans Continue To Evolve With The Emergence Of New Genes

Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

The Future Of Humanity Here And Elsewhere: Humans Continue To Evolve With The Emergence Of New Genes

PHANGS-JWST First Results: Tracing the Diffuse ISM with JWST Imaging of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission in Nearby Galaxies

Astrochemistry

PHANGS-JWST First Results: Tracing the Diffuse ISM with JWST Imaging of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission in Nearby Galaxies

What’s Lurking Under Antarctica’s Dry Valleys?

Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine

What’s Lurking Under Antarctica’s Dry Valleys?

Dormant Magnetosome Genes Discovered In Non-magnetic Bacteria

Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

Dormant Magnetosome Genes Discovered In Non-magnetic Bacteria