NAI’s Marine Biological Laboratory Team has a new paper in Science detailing aspects of population structure for microbial communities at two neighboring hydrothermal vents. Using environmental DNA sequencing techniques, they […]
Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Posted inMars, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Evidence for Ancient Ocean on Mars
Scientists from NAI’s University of California, Berkeley Team have a new paper out in Nature outlining evidence for the presence of an ancient ocean on Mars. The study points to […]
Posted inConferences and Meetings, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
NAI Director's Seminar: "Microbial Activities in Deep Sea Sediments"
Speaker: Steven D’Hondt (University of Rhode Island); Date/Time: Monday, April 30, 2007 11AM PDT For more information and participation instructions, visit: http://nai.arc.nasa.gov/seminars/seminar_detail.cfm?ID=102 [Source: NAI Newsletter]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
A New Model for the Early Ocean
NAI’s Marine Biological Laboratory and Carnegie Institution of Washington Teams are contributing authors on a new paper in Earth and Planetary Science Letters presenting a new model for the evolution […]
Posted inROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Autonomous Robotic Exploration
Underwater robots work together without human input, Princeton University “This August in Monterey Bay, Calif., an entire fleet of undersea robots will for the first time work together without the […]
Posted inHabitable Zones, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Strategies for Evolutionary Success – Sulfolipids
Researchers from NAI’s University of Rhode Island Team and their colleagues have studied the use of phosphorus vs. sulfur in the membrane lipid sythesis pathways of organisms resident in the […]
Posted inEducation and Outreach, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Student Summer Opportunity in Subseafloor Microbiology
Dave Goldberg at Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, and his colleague Howard Shuman, Professor of Microbiology at Columbia University, have funding and an immediate opening for a summer student / intern […]
Posted inConferences and Meetings, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
IODP International Workshop: Exploring Subseafloor Life With the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International (IODP-MI) and Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI) announce an international workshop on subseafloor life. The workshop will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, October […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Cryobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Mars, Press Release, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Tricorders & Sensors, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Researchers Uncover Extreme Lake — and 3000-Year-Old Microbes — in a Mars-Like Antarctic Environment
NSF-supported researchers drilling into Lake Vida, an Antarctic “ice-block” lake, have found the lake isn’t really an ice block at all. In the December 16 issue of the Proceedings of the […]
![An artist’s depiction of our world when the Earthshine measurements were taken, enhanced to show the “red edge” from vegetation. A distant astronomer on another planet would see the spectral signatures of our oxygen atmosphere, water, and chlorophyll from land plants. [enlarge] Credit: John Walker’s “Earth Viewer,” Christine Lafon, (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics).](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2002/10/Astronomers-Find-Life-on-Earth.png?resize=1200%2C719&ssl=1)
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Astronomers Find Life On Earth
Now that the discovery of extrasolar planets, or planets around distant stars, has become relatively routine, scientists are now tackling the next step: finding life-bearing worlds. To do this, observers […]