Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry Archives - Page 198 of 198 - Astrobiology

This is an artist's concept depicting the presence of buckyballs in space. Buckyballs, which consist of 60 carbon atoms arranged like soccer balls, have been detected in space before by scientists using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The new result is the first time an electrically charged (ionized) version has been found in the interstellar medium. NASA/JPL-Caltech

Astrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Impact events, Interstellar, Meteorites & Asteroids, Press Release

Researchers Discover Extraterrestrial Gases in Buckyballs

by Keith CowingMarch 20, 2000June 13, 2024

Extraterrestrial gases, including helium, are trapped in “buckyball” molecules in a layer of sedimentary clay found in many places on Earth, according to a paper to be published March 28, […]

View of Jupiter’s north polar region seen as Pioneer 11 left the Jovian system in December 1974. -- NASA.gov

Particles, Environments And Possible Ecologies In The Jovian Atmosphere

by Keith CowingMay 1, 1976July 3, 2026

The eddy diffusion coefficient is estimated as a function of altitude, separately for the Jovian troposphere and mesosphere. Complex organic molecules produced by the Ly alpha photolysis of methane may […]

Mars Viking Program Press Kit

Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Desert Worlds, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Tricorders & Sensors

Mars Viking Program Press Kit

by Keith CowingJanuary 1, 1975June 20, 2026

The 1975-1976 Viking Mars Mission is described in detail, from launch phase through landing and communications relay phase.