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Drone Radar Reveals Buried Glaciers On Earth, Guiding The Search For Water On Mars

Understanding how to explore hidden glaciers on Mars begins not in a laboratory, but in remote field camps across Alaska and Wyoming.

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Survival Of NASA-cleanroom Microbial Isolates Under Simulated Space And Martian Conditions

Planetary protection hinges on understanding microbial survival following reduction procedures, the stressors of space travel, and exposure to extraterrestrial environmental conditions. This study identified 23 fungal strains isolated from NASA […]

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The Lipidome of a Mars Analog Poly-Extreme Community in Atacama Halite Endolith: Chemotaxonomy, Lipid Adaptation, and Implications for the Search for Extraplanetary Biosignatures

We analyzed the lipidome of the endolithic community in halite nodules from Salar Grande in the hyperarid Atacama Desert, which is considered an analog for martian subsurface environments.

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In Situ Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for the Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor

In this paper, we report a fully automated, end-to-end (sample-in/data-out) capillary electrophoresis system.

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As Above, Not So Below: Ion Fractionation In Planetary Analog Ices

The geophysical evolution and astrobiological potential of ocean worlds are indelibly linked to the chemical compositions of their oceans and ice shells.

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Groundwater Microbial Diversity Associated With Icelandic Basaltic Subsurface Environments

Microbial communities in the deep basaltic aquifers of Iceland remain poorly characterized, despite their relevance for understanding subsurface biogeochemical processes, including silicate weathering.

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Feeling the Pressure: Effects of Formation Pressure on the Physical Properties of Titan Haze Analogs

The Cassini-Huygens mission detected large negative ions in Titan’s ionosphere at pressures as low as 10−6 torr. These ions ultimately polymerize to form Titan’s complex organic haze particles, which are […]

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Community Survey: Field-Based Studies And Sample Processing Facility

Scientists at Northern Arizona University are conducting a research study gathering views from members of the planetary science community on field-based studies and the interest in a potential centralized facility […]

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