About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all marine species. But according to new research, the crater […]
Keith, Sorry for the quiet—our days have been packed, and out here every usable hour feels borrowed. Since my last report the weather has changed its mind a few times. […]
Analog environments are terrestrial environments that resemble extraterrestrial sites; this concept originated in space sciences for defining methods to study planetary geology, training for missions and testing research instruments.
On Monday, February 23, 2026 at 12 pm Eastern Time, the planetary science division will host a webinar overview of program element C.12 Foundational Artificial Intelligence for the Moon and […]
Henrik Drake, Professor, Linnaeus University, SwedenTuesday 10th February 2016, 16:00 CET
SUMMARY: The EU-funded project XTREMOLIFE aims to accelerate the bioprospecting and biodiscovery of extremophile microorganisms from desert, polar, and volcanic environments, as well as the identification of their bioactive compounds, […]
In 2016 while hiking on a hillside in Morocco, geologist Rowan Martindale saw something that made her stop in her tracks: a slab of sedimentary rock covered in a wrinkly […]
Keith’s note: On 11 February 2026 NOVA PBS Host / NewsHour reporter Miles O’Brien conducted a live broadcast from a ship in the southern ocean around Antarctica where Thwaites glacier […]
Research microbiologists at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) recently discovered 26 new species of microorganisms.
![Contribution of springs to the lake. (A) Venn diagram of genera found in the Corral Springs biofilm, salt crust, Springs 1 and 2 (S1, S2 combined), Roberts Ranch/Wyman Creek (RS), and the lake water. (B) Mixing proportions calculated using SourceTracker using the lake water samples (LW1, LW2, and overnight incubated [ON]) and the salt crust as sinks, and the biofilm, RS, S1 and S2 as sources. “Unk” indicates “unknown source.” The Gibbs sampler was run for 10,000 iterations. -- Frontiers](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Microbial-communities-of-selected.png?resize=1200%2C720&ssl=1)
Deep Springs Lake is a small, isolated, highly alkaline soda lake in Inyo County of Eastern California, USA. It is a seasonally filled salt lake or playa, and is part […]
