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Extreme Arabian Environments And Their Microbiomes: New Frontiers For Astrobiology And Biosignature Discovery

by Keith Cowing

Astrobiology assesses the habitability of planetary bodies and the potential for extraterrestrial life.

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Microstructural And Biochemical Constraints On Cryptoendolithic Life In Atacama Halite: Implications For Extreme Habitability

by Keith Cowing

Halite pinnacles from the Yungay area in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert harbor cryptoendolithic microbial colonies.

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Icy Ocean World Recon: How Did Earth’s Most Powerful Ocean Current Form?

by Keith Cowing

It transports far more than 100 times as much water as all of the Earth’s rivers combined: The Antarctic Circumpolar Current rushes around the southern continent unhindered by land masses […]

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A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars

by Keith Cowing

Full report Exploration as a scientific endeavor exemplifies great American innovation. The first human steps on Mars will be a watershed moment for humanity and for science. The endeavor to […]

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The Zhamanshin Impact Event: Potential Implications for Environmental Responses and Biological Linkages on Earth and Beyond

by Keith Cowing

At least one large-body (diameter > 1.1 km) hypervelocity cratering event occurred during ~ 0.8-0.90 Ma (Zhamanshin, Kazakhstan) in the Middle Pleistocene Transition period.

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Experimental Insights Into The Azotosome Hypothesis In Titan’s Lake Fluid

by Keith Cowing

Since the discovery of hydrocarbon lakes and seas on Saturn’s moon Titan, there has been much speculation on whether these could serve as suitable environments to host exotic life.

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Serendipitous Discovery Of Martian Ripple Marks Reveals An Ancient Sandstorm

by Keith Cowing

The search for life on Mars involves the efforts of scientists from many different disciplines. An important aspect of that search is to study Martian sedimentary rocks for information about […]

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