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 […]
Astrobiology seeks to understand the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the Universe, focusing on habitability beyond Earth.
Dale: Hi Keith, We’ve had a productive few days since I last checked in. Yesterday and today we worked on the eastern slopes adjacent to the Anuchin Glacier – Denis […]
The present study has set up a pilot experiment to optimise the most promising assays for investigating the survival of Antarctic microbial cryptoendolithic communities – a natural astrobiological benchmark – […]
Keith’s note: A quick snapshot of the weather at Lake Untersee and A forecast for the coming week. Dale’s team has a small Ambient WS-4000 weather station set up near […]
Hi Keith, The past couple of days brought low clouds, some drifting snow, and steady winds that peaked around 30 m/s (~67 mph).
ESA astronaut Marco Sieber and JAXA astronaut Makoto Suwa are downloading data from environmental instruments placed at the underground base camp in Abel Cave.
Editor’s note: This blog entry is adapted from NASA social media content originally published September 12-15, 2023.
Dr. Rowan Martindale, a paleoecologist and geobiologist at the University of Texas at Austin, was walking through the Dadès Valley in the Central High Atlas Mountains of Morocco when she […]
