In 2009, scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution embarked on a NASA-funded mission to the Mid-Cayman Rise in the Caribbean, in search of a type of deep-sea hot-spring or hydrothermal […]
chemistry
Posted inArctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Europa
Radar Techniques Used in Antarctica Will Scour Europa for Life-Supporting Environments
When a NASA spacecraft sets off to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to look for the ingredients of life, radar equipment designed to pierce the ice of Antarctica will be […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Mars, Press Release
Glycine in Solid CO2: Relevance to Mars
The detection of biologically important, organic molecules on Mars is an important goal that may soon be reached. However, the current small number of organic detections at the Martian surface […]
Posted inMeteorites & Asteroids
Thermally Induced Chemistry of Meteoritic Complex Organic Molecules
Research over the past four decades has shown a rich variety of complex organic molecular content in some meteorites. This current study is an attempt to gain a better insight […]
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Press Release
Making Oxygen Before Life
About one-fifth of the Earth’s atmosphere is oxygen, pumped out by green plants as a result of photosynthesis and used by most living things on the planet to keep our […]