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Biosignatures: The Oldest Ant Ever Discovered Found Fossilized In Brazil

Fossils & Paleontology

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Perseverance Drills Main River Rock Sample

Mars

Perseverance Drills Main River Rock Sample

Dinosaurs’ Apparent Decline Prior To Asteroid May Be Due To A Poor Fossil Record

Extinction events

Dinosaurs’ Apparent Decline Prior To Asteroid May Be Due To A Poor Fossil Record

Community Need For An Astrobiology Sample Repository And Sample Reference Suite

Sample Return

Community Need For An Astrobiology Sample Repository And Sample Reference Suite

Microbial Ecology Of Serpentinite-hosted Ecosystems

Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology

Microbial Ecology Of Serpentinite-hosted Ecosystems

Tricorder Tech: Extant Life Detection Using Label-Free Video Microscopy In Analog Aquatic Environments

Tricorders & Sensors

Tricorder Tech: Extant Life Detection Using Label-Free Video Microscopy In Analog Aquatic Environments

How Survivors Spanned The Globe After Earth’s Biggest Mass Extinction

Extinction events

How Survivors Spanned The Globe After Earth’s Biggest Mass Extinction

Machine Learning Helps Construct An Evolutionary Timeline Of Bacteria

Origin & Evolution of Life

Machine Learning Helps Construct An Evolutionary Timeline Of Bacteria

ESA Tricorder Away Team Training In A Lava Tube

Tricorders & Sensors

ESA Tricorder Away Team Training In A Lava Tube

Ancient Prototaxites Don’t Belong To Any Living Lineage – Possibly A Distinct Branch of Multicellular Earth life

Nomenclature, Systematics, Natural History

Ancient Prototaxites Don’t Belong To Any Living Lineage – Possibly A Distinct Branch of Multicellular Earth life

An Astrobiological Perspective on Microbial Biofilms: Their Importance for Habitability and Production of Detectable and Lasting Biosignatures

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

An Astrobiological Perspective on Microbial Biofilms: Their Importance for Habitability and Production of Detectable and Lasting Biosignatures

Mars Perseverance Examines A Rock With Hundreds Of Millimeter-sized Spheres

Mars

Mars Perseverance Examines A Rock With Hundreds Of Millimeter-sized Spheres

Climate Crisis That Accompanied The Great Dying Mass Extinction Event

Extinction events

Climate Crisis That Accompanied The Great Dying Mass Extinction Event

New Fossil Discovery Reveals How Volcanic Deposits Can Preserve The Microscopic Details Of Animal Tissues

Fossils & Paleontology

New Fossil Discovery Reveals How Volcanic Deposits Can Preserve The Microscopic Details Of Animal Tissues

A Terrestrial “Life Oasis” From The End-Permian Mass Extinction Period

Extinction events

A Terrestrial “Life Oasis” From The End-Permian Mass Extinction Period

600 Million Years Of Stress Guide Planet Evolution on Earth

Plant Biology

600 Million Years Of Stress Guide Planet Evolution on Earth

Using Sand Dunes On Earth To Study Sand Dunes On Mars

Analog Studies

Using Sand Dunes On Earth To Study Sand Dunes On Mars

The Neoproterozoic Glacial Broom

Icy Worlds

The Neoproterozoic Glacial Broom

Earth’s Oldest Impact Crater Found, Rewriting Planetary History

Impact events

Earth’s Oldest Impact Crater Found, Rewriting Planetary History

Ancient Marine Organisms Play A Role In Recording Past Climate Change On Earth

Atmospheres & Climate

Ancient Marine Organisms Play A Role In Recording Past Climate Change On Earth