A recent study has revealed new details about the composition and fragmentation of a meteorite reportedly discovered in the deserts of southwestern Morocco in 2012. Researchers examined fragments from the […]
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Posted inMeteorites & Asteroids
Tracing Meteorites to the Solar Nebula
A recent study on the isotopic compositions of the South Byron Trio iron meteorite grouplet (SBT) shows that all three meteorites likely came from a single parent body that formed […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Press Release
Call for Authors: Astrobiology Primer 3.0
Are you an early-career astrobiologist? Would you be interested to contribute to an Astrobiology primer? The first primerwas published in 2006 and second was published in 2016. Now, we are […]
Posted inHabitable Zones, Press Release
Life Could Help Atmospheric Tides Slow Planetary Rotation
Resonating oscillations of a planet’s atmosphere caused by gravitational tides and heating from its star could prevent a planet’s rotation from steadily slowing over time, according to new research by […]
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics
Transformation in Nucleoside Analogues
Scientists have reported a theoretical and experimental characterization of DHPT (N(1)‐(2′,3′‐dihydroxypropil)thymine). DHPT is a potential prebiotic nucleoside analogue for the molecule 5-methyluridine. Nucleosides are a structural component of DNA and […]
Posted inHabitable Zones, Press Release
Webinar: Redefining "Earth-Like": Habitable Planet Composition and the Case for Moving Beyond the Mass-Radius Diagram
The Earth is more than a one Earth-mass, one Earth-radius, one Earth-density planet. It is the only known terrestrial planet to undergo plate tectonics, have continental crust and a strong […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Press Release
Competition Open for the NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology
The John W. Kluge Center has opened the competition for the 2019 Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology The Blumberg Chair is open to scholars and leading […]
Posted inMars, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Press Release
Planetary Protection For Human Missions to Mars
Since the dawn of space travel, nations from around the world have shown a commitment to protecting objects in the Solar System from contamination carried from the Earth and into […]
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Press Release
Non-Standard Bonding in Base Pairs
A new study provides insight into base pair bonding in artificial DNA polymerase. Researchers focused on a previously unknown base pair: iso-guanine and methyl-pyrimidinone. These base pairs use a hydrogen […]
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Astrobiology Primer v2.0 Released
The long awaited second edition of the Astrobiology Primer is now published in the journal Astrobiology. This version is an update of the Primer originally published in 2006, written by […]