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Ocean Planet Exploration: MBARI Researchers Deploy New Imaging System To Study The Movement Of Deep-sea Octopus

by Keith Cowing

Editor’s note: When we start to mount Astrobiology missions to explore ocean worlds we’ll need ways for our robotic submersibles to observe and interat with whatever life forms they may […]

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21st-Century Astrobiology Missions Should Seek These High-Confidence Biosignatures in Mid-Latitude Martian Ice

by Keith Cowing

This white paper was submitted to NASA’s Search For Life Science Analysis Group (SFL-SAG).

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Mineralogy, Geochemistry And Morphology Of Arctic Gossans On Axel Heiberg Island, NU, Canada: Spectroscopic Investigation And Implications For Mars

by Keith Cowing

Gossans are formed through the oxidation of sulfide ore deposits by fluids, such as meteoric water or hydrothermal solutions, leading to locally acidic conditions.

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Viruses in Polar Oceans Follow Rhythms Of Earth’s Seas

by Keith Cowing

Viruses in the cold waters of the Arctic are strongly seasonal and are also detected in the Antarctic.

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Draft Genome Sequence Of An Uncultured Archaeon From Antarctic Endolithic Communities

by Keith Cowing

A draft genome sequence was assembled and annotated for an uncultured archaeon reconstructed from shotgun metagenomes obtained from Antarctic endoliths.

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Idiomarina aminovorans sp. nov., A Halophilic Bacterium Isolated From The Llamara Salt Pan In The Atacama Desert Of Northern Chile

by Keith Cowing

The Atacama Desert, one of the most extreme environments on our planet, harbors a plethora of unique microbial communities adapted to the harsh conditions of the habitat.

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Tricorder Microscope Training During ESA PANGEA 2025

by Keith Cowing

Editor’s note: Astronaut Thomas Pesquet carries out investigations with the spectrometer associated with the ESA Electronic FieldBook

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Decoding Ladakh’s Hot Springs Could Help Trace The Origins Of Life On Early Earth And Mars

by Keith Cowing

In the icy high-altitude valleys of Ladakh, India, a natural hot spring in Puga valley may be holding secrets from the very dawn of life on Earth.

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