Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week’s contribution is from Ken Sims, Professor of Geology and Geophysics, and […]
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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
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 […]
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Away Team Report: New Hydrothermal Vent Fields Discovered On Earth’s Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Astrobiology.com Editor’s Note: as we start to send our robotic astrobiology explorers to the Jovian system to explore icy ocean worlds Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, the skills developed exploring (the […]
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Status Report
Metagenome Mining And Functional Analysis Reveal Oxidized Guanine DNA Repair At The Lost City Hydrothermal Field
The GO DNA repair system protects against GC → TC mutations by finding and removing oxidized guanine. The system is mechanistically well understood but its origins are unknown. We searched […]
Posted inCryobiology, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Press Release, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Tardigrades
Astrobiology Spinoff: NASA Funded Research Used Tardigrade Proteins To Make A Human Health Breakthrough
University of Wyoming researchers’ study of how microscopic creatures called tardigrades survive extreme conditions has led to a major breakthrough that could eventually make life-saving treatments available to people where […]
Posted inExtremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Microbiology & Virology, Radiation, Status Report
Geography And Environmental Pressure Are Predictive Of Class-specific Radioresistance In Black Fungi
Black fungi are among the most resistant organisms to ionizing radiation on Earth.
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Microbiology & Virology, Status Report, Tardigrades, Tricorders & Sensors
Tricorder Tech: New Live Imaging Technique Shows How Tardigrades Manage To Survive Dehydration
Water is essential for life, but anhydrobiotic tardigrades can survive almost complete dehydration.
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Microbiology & Virology, Press Release
Autotrophic Biofilms Sustained By Deeply-sourced Groundwater Host Diverse CPR Bacteria Implicated In Sulfur And Hydrogen Metabolism
Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR) bacteria are commonly detected yet enigmatic members of diverse microbial communities.
Posted inExtremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Microbiology & Virology, Press Release, Tardigrades
New Information On The abilities Of Tardigrades
Tardigrades are tiny (0.5-1 mm) eight-legged animals famous for being among the toughest organisms on the planet.
Posted inExtremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Hydrothermal Vent Site Expands The Estimates Of Seafloor Mineral Deposits
When scientists discovered a hydrothermal vent site in the Arctic Ocean’s Aurora hydrothermal system in 2014, they did not immediately realize just how exciting their discovery was.