Join us for the next NAI Director’s Seminar on Monday, February 4th at 11am PST. The seminar, “The Effect of Protoplanetary Disk Dispersal on Planet Formation,” will be given by […]
Astrogeology
Posted inAstrogeology
Formation, Composition and Early Evolution of Outer Giant and Dwarf Planets and of their Satellites
Date: December 6-7th, 2007 Time: TBA Venue: NASA Ames Research Center, Auditorium, Building N-245, Mountain View, CA Organizing Committee: Ignacio Mosqueira (NASA Ames/SETI Institute), Dale Cruikshank (NASA Ames) Owing to […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Comets and Asteroids, Missions & Hardware, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Press Release, Sample Return
Stardust Preliminary Findings: NASA Astrophysicist Scott Sandford (Transcript and Podcast)
Jesse Carpenter: NASA study finds new kind of organics in Stardust mission samples. Hi, I’m Jesse Carpenter and you’re listening to a podcast presented in three parts from the NASA […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Icy Worlds
NAI Director's Seminar "New and Emerging Perspectives on Late Precambrian 'Snowball Earth' Glaciation"
Speaker: Tim Raub (Yale University), Date/Time: Monday, February 26, 2007 11AM PST Background: Using atmospheric chemical models of a Snowball Earth, scientists from NAI’s Alumni Virtual Planetary Laboratory Team showed […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Origin & Evolution of Life
Conditions for the Emergence of Life on the Early Earth: Special Issue Special Issue
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (B). Organised and edited by Charles Cockell, Sydney Leach and Ian Smith Published August 2006 Living entities exhibit the three fundamental characteristics of metabolism, […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Away Teams & Field Reports, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs
Devon Island Drilling Update
Automated Drilling Field Demonstrations Exceed Goals, Go “Naked” in Haughton Crater 2006 DAME Tests To look for ice or especially organics on Mars, we will need to drill below the […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Icy Worlds
Follow The Methane (and Ethane)
Cassini Radar Finds Hydrocarbon Lakes on Titan “The Cassini spacecraft, using its radar system, has discovered very strong evidence for hydrocarbon lakes on Titan. Dark patches, which resemble terrestrial lakes, […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Conferences and Meetings, Education and Outreach, NASA Astrobiology Program, Video, Audio, Webcasts, Podcasts
Second Annual Summer Student Seminar Series Begins July 28
Join NAI for the Polycom and WebEx broadcast of the second annual Summer Student Seminar Series. The talks will be given on Friday, July 28th and Friday August 11th at […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Mars, Meteorites & Asteroids, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs
Possible Meteorites in the Martian Hills
From its winter outpost at “Low Ridge” inside Gusev Crater, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this spectacular, color mosaic of hilly, sandy terrain and two potential iron meteorites. The […]