Microbes are masters of survival, evolving ingenious strategies to capture energy from their surroundings. For decades, scientists believed that only a handful of bacteria used specialized molecular “circuits” to shuttle […]
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Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Cryobiology, Desert Worlds, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Habitable Zones, Mars, Microbiology & Virology, Press Release, Radiation
Super Fungi Survive Extreme Mars-like Environments
People have long been intrigued by the possibility of life beyond Earth and how it might endure in extraterrestrial environments. There is no confirmed evidence of extraterrestrial life, not even […]
Posted inCommercial & Private Sector, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Nomenclature, Systematics, Natural History, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Documenting Life On Our Water Planet: The Global Ocean Gene Catalog 1.0
Editor’s note: we will soon begin to explore the oceans of Enceladus, Europa, Ganymede, and other worlds in our solar system – and eventually, worlds circling other stars. We’ll be […]
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Habitable Zones, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Microbiology & Virology, Press Release, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
First Ever Hydrothermal Vent Fields Found In The Red Sea
KAUST scientists have reported the first observations of active hydrothermal vent fields in the Red Sea. The total area of these active fields on Hatiba Mons, a major volcano in […]
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Away Teams Explore Earth’s Inhospitable Oceanic Depths
The vibrant reefs that line the shores of the Red Sea, well known to tourists and divers alike, belie the fact that this marine environment is one of the harshest […]
Posted inAstrochemistry
A Radical Shift To Link Soot Formation And Interstellar Evolution
Rethinking the formation and growth of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), key contributors to harmful soot particles formed during fuel combustion and the smallest dust grains in interstellar matter, is helping […]
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather
An Ancient Volcanic Eruption Destroyed Earth's Ozone Layer
A catastrophic drop in atmospheric ozone levels around the tropics is likely to have contributed to a bottleneck in the human population around 60 to 100,000 years ago, an international […]
Posted inExtremeophiles and Extreme Environments
Deep And Extreme: Microbes Thrive In Transition
A diverse microbial community has adapted to an extremely salty environment deep in the Red Sea. The microbes, many unknown to science, occupy a one-meter-thick area overlying the Suakin Deep, […]
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics
Coral Symbionts Have A Genome Like No Other
The genome of single-celled plankton, known as dinoflagellates, is organized in an incredibly strange and unusual way, according to new research. The findings lay the groundwork for further investigation into […]