Keith’s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen is heading back to Antarctica – and Lake Untersee for another field season of Research. We’ll be posting his updates here. You can read about […]
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Did Life Exist On Mars? Other Planets? With AI’s Help, We May Know Soon
Scientists have discovered a simple and reliable test for signs of past or present life on other planets – “the holy grail of astrobiology.”
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Press Release
John Rummel To Be Honored With The SETI Institute’s 2023 Drake Award
The SETI Institute is proud to announce that Dr. John Rummel will receive the prestigious 2023 Drake Award, recognizing his extraordinary and innovative programmatic contributions and unwavering advocacy for SETI […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Intelligence & Language, Science Fiction, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
Could AI be the Great Filter? What Astrobiology can Teach the Intelligence Community about Anthropogenic Risks
Where is everybody? This phrase distills the foreboding of what has come to be known as the Fermi Paradox – the disquieting idea that, if extraterrestrial life is probable in […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Origin & Evolution of Life, Status Report
Beyond Mediocrity: How Common is Life?
The probability that life spontaneously emerges in a suitable environment (abiogenesis) is one of the major unknowns in astrobiology. Assessing its value is impeded by the lack of an accepted […]
Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
New Models Shed Light On Life’s Origin On Earth
The first signs of life emerged on Earth in the form of microbes about four billion years ago. While scientists are still determining exactly when and how these microbes appeared, […]
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
Tracing The Origin Of life
The origin of life is one of the great questions of mankind. One of the prerequisites for the emergence of life is the abiotic – not by living beings caused […]
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biophysics, Origin & Evolution of Life, Status Report
How Did Life Emerge In Chemically Complex Messy Environments?
One of the problems that make it difficult to solve the mystery of the origin of life is determining how life emerged in chemically complex messy environments on primitive Earth.
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Dale Andersen's Field Reports, Icy Worlds, Status Report
Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 24 December 2022: Base Camp At An Oasis In A Frozen Desert
Now that Dale Andersen is back from Antarctica he can post some images from this year’s research Expedition field season at Lake Untersee.
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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 11 December 2022: Back at the ALCI Ice Runway and Airbase Facility
Keith, Over the last three days we pulled down the camp and completed a few last minute science chores before returning to the ALCI airbase facility.