A new study led by ANU has found that animals and plants may live in warm caves under Antarctica’s glaciers. Around Mount Erebus, an active volcano on Ross Island in […]
astrobiology
Posted inAstrochemistry, Comets and Asteroids, Press Release
Does the Organic Material of Comets Predate our Solar System?
The Rosetta space probe discovered a large amount of organic material in the nucleus of comet “Chury.” In an article published by MNRAS on August 31, 2017, two French researchers […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Science Fiction
The Earliest TV Mention Of "Astrobiology"?
Was this the earliest TV mention of “astrobiology”? A scene from the original Star Trek episode “Return To Tomorrow” which first aired on 9 February 1968:
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Book, Film, Video Reviews, NASA Astrobiology Program, Press Release
Before Astrobiology There Was Aстробиология
Contrary to what NASA may want you to think, the word “Astrobiology” was used decades before NASA began using it to describe the study of extraterrestrial life.
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Astrobiology Has Arrived: A Personal Recollection
I am currently attending the Astrobiology Science Conference where the world’s astrobiologists all meet to showcase their results and share ideas. There was a time, barely 20 years ago, when […]
Posted inMars, Press Release
Balloon Experiment Reveals Earth Microbes' Likely Fate on Mars
Understanding the limits on what microbial life can endure is important for preventing contamination of the Red Planet with terrestrial microbes when our human and robotic explorers arrive. It’s also […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Tricorders & Sensors
A New Test for Life on Other Planets
A simple chemistry method could vastly enhance how scientists search for signs of life on other planets. The test uses a liquid-based technique known as capillary electrophoresis to separate a […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Cryobiology, Dale Andersen's Field Reports, Fossils & Paleontology, Icy Worlds, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, NASA Astrobiology Program, People Of Astrobiology, Tricorders & Sensors
Taking In The View From Wharton Ridge
Today I learned that a feature on the surface of Mars has been named after a friend of mine.
Posted inAstrochemistry, Comets and Asteroids, Press Release
Detection of Exposed H2O ice on the Nucleus of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Since the orbital insertion of the Rosetta spacecraft, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P/C-G) has been mapped by OSIRIS camera and VIRTIS spectro-imager, producing a huge quantity of images and spectra of the […]
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Life on Earth May Be Early in Cosmic Terms
Why are we now? We know that the universe is roughly 14 billion years old, and that someday it is likely to end — perhaps because of a Big Freeze, […]