Traces of water have been detected within the crystalline structure of mineral samples from the lunar highland upper crust obtained during the Apollo missions, according to a University of Michigan […]
Astrochemistry
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Key to Cosmic Carbon's Molecular Evolution
Scientists at NASA’s Ames Research Center now have the capability to systematically investigate the molecular evolution of cosmic carbon. For the first time, these scientists are able to automatically interpret […]
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First Biological Evidence of a Supernova
In fossil remnants of iron-loving bacteria, researchers of the Cluster of Excellence Origin and Structure of the Universe at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM), found a radioactive iron isotope that […]
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Cosmic Explanation for Life's 'Left-Handed' Amino Acids
A research team with Jungmi Kwon (GUAS/NAOJ) has performed deep imaging linear and circular polarimetry (Note 1) of the ‘Cat’s Paw Nebula’ (NGC 6334) (Note 2) located in the constellation […]
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Postdoctoral Position at University of Hawaii – Department of Chemistry & W.M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry
One postdoctoral position in experimental physical chemistry and chemical physics (reaction dynamics, astrobiology, astrochemistry) is open at the Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, for the period of […]
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Stellar Stoichiometry – Workshop Without Walls
The Astrobiology group at Arizona State University is proud to sponsor Stellar Stoichiometry, April 11-12, 2013. This workshop will examine the growing evidence that elemental abundance ratios of stars vary […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Meteorites & Asteroids, People Of Astrobiology, Status Report
Dr. David S. McKay Has Passed Away
From the NASA JSC Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate
Posted inAstrochemistry, Conferences and Meetings
Summer Course: Molecules in Space
Date: 25 June – 2 July, 2013Location: Kungsbacka, Sweden Application Deadline: 2 April 2013 The summer course “Molecules in space”, which will be held at Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden from […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Astrochemistry, Conferences and Meetings
The 5th UK Astrobiology Society of Britain Conference: Molecules and Life in Extremes
To understand the origin of life, how life has persisted on the Earth for over 3.5 billion years and whether we might find it elsewhere, requires that we understand how […]
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New Insight into Star Formation
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 […]