Antarctica has been subject to direct human activity for a little over 200 years. In recent decades, the combination of sharp increases in human activity and regional climate change, particularly […]
A primary aim of current and future space exploration missions is the detection and identification of chemical and biological indicators of life, namely biomarkers, on Mars.
The ability of microbial active motion, morphology, and optical properties to serve as biosignatures was investigated by in situ video microscopy in a wide range of extreme field sites where […]
Dates: July 18-27 2025Location: Ladakh, India Protoplanet and University of Ladakh invite scientists, researchers, and field explorers to apply for Spaceward Bound India 2025, an immersive Mars analog research expedition […]
The Photochemistry on the Space Station (PSS) experiment was part of the European Space Agency’s EXPOSE-R2 mission and was conducted on the International Space Station from 2014 to 2016. The […]
Antarctica’s ice sheet has been assembled by a team of international scientists led from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has received a three-year, $2,999,998 million grant from NASA to identify and characterize life and its biosignatures in frozen sand dunes in Alaska, under conditions similar […]
Release date: March 4, 2025, 11:59 p.m. ETStep-1 proposals due date: April 16, 2025, 11:59 p.m. ETStep-2 proposals due date: July 2, 2025, 11:59 p.m. ET The NASA-funded Translational Research Institute […]
Italy’s Phlegraean Fields is a hotspot of volcanic activity — an ever-shifting landscape pocketed with acidic hot springs. This huge caldera is a part of the Campanian volcanic arc, which […]
Submarines are emerging as a unique research platform to study human adaption to extreme environments – from ocean depths to outer space.
