Editor’s note:The following list of 49 journal articles is a subset of life science research focusing on microgravity and spaceflight published in 2006. This is derived from a simple keyword […]
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Astrobiology Science News 8 June 2006
Thermal Infrared Constraint to a Planetary Companion of Vega with the MMT Adaptive Optics System, lanl.arXiv.org Clio: a 3-5 micron AO planet-finding camera, lanl.arXiv.org Massive-Star Supernovae as Major Dust Factories, […]
Posted inSpace Life Science
Senate Hearing on NASA Science
Senate Commerce Committee’s Subscommittee on Science and Space Hearing: NASA Budget and Programs: Outside Perspectives Statement by Charles BoldenStatement by Peter VoorheesStatement by Roy TorbertStatement by James Pawelczyk “The next […]
Posted inConferences and Meetings, Societal Issues
NASA History Division and National Air and Space Museum Division of Space History
19-21 September 2006 Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC – Purpose: The purpose of this conference is to undertake a broad overview of the societal impact of space exploration, especially […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Conferences and Meetings, Education and Outreach
Astrobiology Summer Workshops for Educators Kick Off in Canada
Led by the E/PO Leads from NAI’s University of Arizona, teachers from across the country convened in Alberta, Canada this past weekend for a two day professional development experience focused […]
Posted inAstrogeology
Solomon Receives Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award
NAI congratulates Dr. Sean C. Solomon, Principal Investigator of Carnegie Institution of Washington’s NASA Astrobiology Institute and Director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of CIW, on his receipt of […]
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Astrobiology Science News 7 June 2006
Palaeontology: Respect for stromatolites, Nature Stromatolite reef from the Early Archaean era of Australia, Nature Titan Radar Mapper observations from Cassini’s T3 fly-by, Nature Stabilization of the disk around beta-Pictoris […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Conferences and Meetings
Call for Papers: European Planetary Science Congress 2006
Europlanet #1, European Planetary Science Congress 2006, Berlin, Germany, 18 – 22 September 2006 – The intention of the European Planetary Science Congress 2006 is to cover a broad area […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Astrogeology, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments
ISBOX II- UHNAI Expedition to Iceland
The ISBOX-II expedition lead by Eric Gaidos of the University of Hawaii NAI team will drill and sample a subglacial lake for microbiology and geochemistry. The expedition takes place June […]
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Astrobiology Science News 6 June 2006
Do ‘Planemos’ Have Progeny? Planetary-Mass Objects Found to be Surrounded by Discs, European Southern Observatory Study shows our ancestors survived ‘Snowball Earth’, University of Washington ISBOX II- UHNAI Expedition Journal […]