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Oxygen Produced In The Deep Sea Raises Questions About Extraterrestrial Life

by Keith Cowing

Over 12,000 feet below the surface of the sea, in a region of the Pacific Ocean known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), million-year-old rocks cover the seafloor. These rocks may […]

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Our Solar System May Have Passed Through Dense Interstellar Clouds 2 Million Years Ago, Altering Earth’s Climate

by Keith Cowing

Around two million years ago, Earth was a very different place, with our early human ancestors living alongside saber-toothed tigers, mastodons, and enormous rodents. And, depending on where they were, […]

Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Caves, Craters, Mountains, Subsurface, Lava Tubes, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Fossils & Paleontology, Microbiology & Virology

Away Teams: What Microbes Can Tell Us about Life On Earth And In Space

by Keith Cowing

Microbes are just about everywhere, from the soil to the air to arctic ice to oceans, lakes, and rivers—not to mention all over your body and the phone or computer […]

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