Using combined data from a trio of orbiting X-ray telescopes, including NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Japan-led Suzaku satellite, astronomers have obtained a rare glimpse of the powerful phenomena […]
Astrochemistry
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Habitable Zones
Meteorites Most Likely Source of Earth's Water
A new study, supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Institute, suggests that meteorites and their parent asteroids are the most-likely sources of water on Earth. The research led by […]
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration, Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Caves, Craters, Mountains, Subsurface, Lava Tubes, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Missions & Hardware, Moon, Press Release
NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Reveals Ice Content in Shackleton Crater on the Moon
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has returned data that indicate ice may make up as much as 22 percent of the surface material in a crater located on the […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Impact events, Moon, Panspermia, Press Release
Building Blocks of Early Earth Survived Collision That Created Our Moon
Unexpected new findings by a University of Maryland team of geochemists show that some portions of the Earth’s mantle (the rocky layer between Earth’s metallic core and crust) formed when […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Press Release
Scripps Research Team Proves Plausibility of New Primordial Pathway to Life’s Chemical Building Blocks
For decades, chemists considered a chemical pathway known as the formose reaction the only route for producing sugars essential for life to begin, but more recent research has called into […]
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Call for Proposals – W.M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry
The W.M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry located at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is a state-of-the-art international user facility established with the support of the W.M. Keck Foundation […]
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Sweet Spots for Galactic Organics
Scientists from NAI’s Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Team have compiled years of research to help locate areas in outer space that have extreme potential for complex organic molecule formation. The […]
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Postdoctoral Positions in Astronomy/Astrochemistry
Locations: New York Center for Astrobiology (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) and NASA Ames Research Center The New York Center for Astrobiology expects to hire two postdoctoral researchers in the areas of […]
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NASA Research Shows DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space
NASA-funded researchers have found more evidence meteorites can carry DNA components created in space. Scientists have detected the building blocks of DNA in meteorites since the 1960s, but were unsure […]
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Titan Through Time II Workshop
We are pleased to announce the dates for the second workshop on “Titan Through Time: Formation, Evolution and Fate” in 2012, following the very successful first workshop in 2010. The […]