(Editor’s note: originally published on NASAWatch.com) Today, a group of scientists sat before the world on TV and said “I don’t know”; “I am confused”; and “I laid awake at […]
Biosignatures
Posted inArctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Fossils & Paleontology, Mars, Meteorites & Asteroids, Press Release
Meteorite Yields Evidence of Primitive Life on Early Mars
A NASA research team of scientists at the Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, TX, and at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, has found evidence that strongly suggests primitive life may […]
Posted inJupiter
Particles, Environments And Possible Ecologies In The Jovian Atmosphere
The eddy diffusion coefficient is estimated as a function of altitude, separately for the Jovian troposphere and mesosphere. Complex organic molecules produced by the Ly alpha photolysis of methane may […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Tricorders & Sensors
Viking 2 Oven Has Failed
One of three small ovens on an experiment aboard NASA’s Viking 2 Lander apparently did not operate during recent checkout tests of the instrument.
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Habitable Zones, Mars, NASA Astrobiology Program, Origin & Evolution of Life, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Status Report
Biology And The Exploration Of Mars
PREFACE Until recent years the origin of life and its possible occurrence elsewhere in the universe have been matters for speculation only. The rapid growth of molecular biology since 1940 […]