Bagno dell’Acqua Lake Archives - Astrobiology

Satellite image of the Bagno dell’Acqua Lake (Pantelleria Island, Italy) reporting the location of the thermal spring (HP) where the samples for abiotic polymerization were incubated and the site (C1) of the microbialite sampling location. The total area of the lake is ~0.2 km2. Satellite image taken from https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed on 11 March 2025). Coordinates: HP: 36°81′39″ N, 11°98′82″ E. C1: 36°81′57.3″ N, 11°98′90″ E. -- International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Google Earth link)

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The “Bagno dell’Acqua” Lake as a Novel Mars-like Analogue: Prebiotic Syntheses of PNA and RNA Building Blocks and Oligomers

by Keith CowingAugust 12, 2025August 12, 2025

The ongoing exploration of planets such as Mars is producing a wealth of data to define habitable environments beyond the Earth.