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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 23/24 October 2024: Traverse Update

by Keith Cowing

Keith’s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen is back in Antarctica at Lake Untersee in October-December 2024 for another field season of research (preview). Dale’s work is coordinated through the SETI Institute. We’ll be posting […]

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LunaIcy: Exploring Europa’s Icy Surface Microstructure through Multiphysics Simulations

by Keith Cowing

A multiphysics simulation model incorporating a sintering model coupled with the MultIHeaTS thermal solver was developed to study the evolution of icy moons’ microstructure.

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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 20 October 2024: Arrival at Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica

by Keith Cowing

Keith’s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen is back in Antarctica at Lake Untersee in October-December 2024 for another field season of research (preview). Dale’s work is coordinated through the SETI Institute. We’ll be posting […]

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Ideas On Abiotic Organic Synthesis Based On Oceanic Crust Findings

by Keith Cowing

Recently, a Chinese research team reported the discovery of abiotic organic compounds in the oceanic crust of the Southwest Indian Ridge and proposed a molecular mechanism for organic condensation.

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Hidden Ecosystems Discovered In Earth’s Seafloor Beneath Hydrothermal Vents

by Keith Cowing

The idea of secret worlds beneath the Earth has long been the stuff of science fiction. But new research reveals it’s not as far-fetched as it might appear. Worms and […]

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Signature of Vertical Mixing in Hydrogen-dominated Exoplanet Atmospheres

by Keith Cowing

Vertical mixing is a crucial disequilibrium process in exoplanet atmospheres, significantly impacting chemical abundance and observed spectra. While current state-of-the-art observations have detected its signatures, the effect of vertical mixing […]

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Animal Life Discovered Below The Seafloor at Hydrothermal Vents

by Keith Cowing

The discovery of animal life below the seafloor at hydrothermal vents in the East Pacific Rise is reported in a Nature Communications paper. The research sheds new light on the […]

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X-Raying Neutral Density Disturbances in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere induced by the 2022 Hunga-Tonga Volcano Eruption-Explosion

by Keith Cowing

We present X-ray observations of the upper atmospheric density disturbance caused by the explosive eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (HTHH) volcano on 15 January 2022.

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Hubble’s Ultraviolet Observations Reveal Hydrogen and Oxygen at Europa

by Keith Cowing

Ultraviolet observations made by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 2012 illustrate two key elements in the thin atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon Europa: hydrogen and oxygen. A white circle indicates the […]

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