The spectacular outbursts of energy associated with supernovae (SNe) have long motivated research into their potentially hazardous effects on Earth and analogous environments.
Radiation
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Lower-than-expected Flare Temperatures For TRAPPIST-1
Although high energetic radiation from flares is a potential threat to exoplanet atmospheres and may lead to surface sterilization, it might also provide the extra energy for low-mass stars needed […]
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First Millimeter Flares Detected from Epsilon Eridani with ALMA
We report the detection of three large millimeter flaring events from the nearby Sun-like, ϵ Eridani, found in archival ALMA 12m and ACA observations at 1.33 mm taken from 2015 […]
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A Naval Research Laboratory Fungal Experiment Is On Board Artemis I
An experiment prepared by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will launch as part of NASA’s scheduled Artemis I mission to orbit the moon Aug. 29. The NRL experiment will […]
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BioExpt-01 Payload Handover To The Artemis 1 Orion Capsule
Scientists package up part of NASA’s Biology Experiment-1 (BioExpt-1) for official handover to the Orion team for Artemis I inside the Space Station Processing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space […]
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Artemis I Will Launch The BioSentinel Deep Space Biology Cubesat Mission
Poised to launch on Artemis I from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, BioSentinel – a shoebox-sized CubeSat – will perform the first long-duration biology experiment in deep space. Artemis […]
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Detection of Plant Genes Involved In Radiation Response
Plants will be a major component of advanced life support systems to enable deep space exploration that will take humans to the moon, Mars and beyond. In a newly-published paper, […]
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The Earth-like Galactic Cosmic Ray Intensity In The Habitable Zone Of The M Dwarf GJ 436
Galactic cosmic rays are energetic particles important in the context of life. Many works have investigated the propagation of Galactic cosmic rays through the Sun’s heliosphere. However, the cosmic ray […]
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Natural Radioactive Environments As Sources Of Local Disequilibrium For The Emergence Of Life
Certain subterranean environments of Earth have naturally accumulated long-lived radionuclides, such as 238U, 232Th and 40K, near the presence of liquid water. In these natural radioactive environments (NRE), water radiolysis […]
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A Self-Replicating Radiation-Shield for Human Deep-Space Exploration: Radiotrophic Fungi can Attenuate Ionizing Radiation aboard the International Space Station
The greatest hazard for humans on deep-space exploration missions is radiation. To protect astronauts venturing out beyond Earth’s protective magnetosphere and sustain a permanent presence on Moon and/or Mars, advanced […]