Researchers supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Program have shown that carbon on Earth could be as much as seven billion years old. Understanding the timing and processes that […]
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Posted inPress Release, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving
Autonomous Nereid Under Ice Robotic Explorer Operates In The Aegean Sea
Astrobiologists supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Program have used autonomous technology to robotically explore the Kolumbo submarine volcano off the coast of Greece’s Santorini Island. Kolombo sits 500 […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Press Release
National Academies of Sciences' Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine along with the NASA Science Mission Directorate have reached consensus on the Statement of Task for the next decadal survey in planetary […]
Posted inPress Release, Space Weather & Heliophysics
Effect Of Stellar Flares on Planetary Habitability
Scientists funded in part by the NASA Astrobiology program are providing new insights into how terrestrial planets are affected by coronal mass ejections (CMEs) early in the formation of a […]
Posted inHabitable Zones, Press Release
Earth During The Faint Young Sun Era
Research supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Program provides new insight into the ‘faint young Sun problem.’ The ‘faint young Sun’ concept refers to a time during the first […]
Posted inNASA Astrobiology Program, Press Release
Celebrating the NASA Astrobiology Institute At 20
Join us on November 14, 2019 8:30AM – 5:00PM PST to celebrate the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) at 20. As the NAI completes its 20-year tenure, we remember the origin […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Press Release
Studying Microbial Mats to Understand Ancient Biosignatures
A recent study supported in part by the NASA Exobiology Program provides further details about lipid biomarkers in stromatolites. The research focuses on microbial mat communities in ponds at Guerrero […]
Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Press Release
Rethinking Sulfide in the Ancient Oceans
Researchers supported in part by the Exobiology Program have provided new information about the oxygenation history of the Earth’s oceans during the mid-Proterozoic using uranium (U) isotope data. The team […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Press Release
Sorting Out Peptide Mixtures
Scientists supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Program have developed a new method to analyze mixtures of glycine and glycine oligomers using ion-pair high-performance liquid chromatography (IP-HPLC). The study […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Conferences and Meetings, Press Release
AbGradCon 2019 Talks Are Now Online
The 15th Astrobiology Graduate Conference (AbGradCon) was held from July 22-26, 2019 at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, with 75 participants presenting 31 talks and 44 […]