Keith Cowing

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Keith Cowing

NASA Astrobiology Research Needs Your Support

NASA Astrobiology Program

NASA Astrobiology Research Needs Your Support

ALMA Shares A New View of Proxima Centauri

Proxima Centauri

ALMA Shares A New View of Proxima Centauri

Ancient Prototaxites Don’t Belong To Any Living Lineage – Possibly A Distinct Branch of Multicellular Earth life

Nomenclature, Systematics, Natural History

Ancient Prototaxites Don’t Belong To Any Living Lineage – Possibly A Distinct Branch of Multicellular Earth life

Flyover Of Rosalind Franklin Astrobiology Mission Landing Site

Mars

Flyover Of Rosalind Franklin Astrobiology Mission Landing Site

An Astrobiological Perspective on Microbial Biofilms: Their Importance for Habitability and Production of Detectable and Lasting Biosignatures

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

An Astrobiological Perspective on Microbial Biofilms: Their Importance for Habitability and Production of Detectable and Lasting Biosignatures

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s New Remotely Operated Vehicles

ROVs/Submersibles/Diving

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s New Remotely Operated Vehicles

Orbital Biosignature Assay: Phytoplankton Bloom

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Orbital Biosignature Assay: Phytoplankton Bloom

Atmospheres Of New Planets Might Have Unexpected Mixtures Of Hydrogen And Water

Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

Atmospheres Of New Planets Might Have Unexpected Mixtures Of Hydrogen And Water

How Calcium May Have Unlocked The Origins Of Life’s Molecular Asymmetry

Biophysics

How Calcium May Have Unlocked The Origins Of Life’s Molecular Asymmetry

Ice Planet Recon: Drone Experiment Reveals How Greenland’s Ice Sheet Is Changing

Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine

Ice Planet Recon: Drone Experiment Reveals How Greenland’s Ice Sheet Is Changing

Recovery of Lipid Biomarkers in Hot Spring Digitate Silica Sinter as Analogs for Potential Biosignatures on Mars

Mars

Recovery of Lipid Biomarkers in Hot Spring Digitate Silica Sinter as Analogs for Potential Biosignatures on Mars

Optimising Radial Velocity Detection Limits for Southern Habitable Worlds Observatory Targets

Astronomy & Telescopes

Optimising Radial Velocity Detection Limits for Southern Habitable Worlds Observatory Targets

JWST/NIRCam Coronagraphic Search for Hidden Planets in the HD 163296 Protoplanetary Disk

Exoplanetology: Exoplanets & Exomoons

JWST/NIRCam Coronagraphic Search for Hidden Planets in the HD 163296 Protoplanetary Disk

The Influence Of Stellar Activity On Detecting Earth-like Planets Via Nulling Interferometry

Imaging & Spectroscopy

The Influence Of Stellar Activity On Detecting Earth-like Planets Via Nulling Interferometry

Fluorescent Caves Could Explain How Life Persists In Extraterrestrial Environments

Caves, Craters, Mountains & Lava Tubes

Fluorescent Caves Could Explain How Life Persists In Extraterrestrial Environments

Away Team Tech: How Perseverance Is Helping Prepare Astronauts for Mars

Mars

Away Team Tech: How Perseverance Is Helping Prepare Astronauts for Mars

Impacts Into Titan’s Methane-clathrate Crust As A Source Of Atmospheric Methane

Titan

Impacts Into Titan’s Methane-clathrate Crust As A Source Of Atmospheric Methane

Characterising M Dwarf Host Stars Of Two Candidate Hycean Worlds

Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

Characterising M Dwarf Host Stars Of Two Candidate Hycean Worlds

Compositional Outcomes Of Earth Formation From A Narrow Ring

Astrogeology

Compositional Outcomes Of Earth Formation From A Narrow Ring

The Robust Detection And Spatial Distribution Of Acetaldehyde In Orion KL: ALMA Observations And Chemical Modeling

Astrochemistry

The Robust Detection And Spatial Distribution Of Acetaldehyde In Orion KL: ALMA Observations And Chemical Modeling