The recent paper by Imre Friedmann and co-authors in PNAS (PNAS vol 98 page 2176, 2001) reports finding chains of magnetite that are consistent with a biological origin.
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“What The Hell Is Astrobiology?” Asks The Secret Service
Day One at the Astrobiology Science Conference Last Sunday evening, President Clinton’s airplane landed at Moffett Field adjacent to NASA’s Ames Research Center. This is a standard procedure each time […]
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Researchers Discover Extraterrestrial Gases in Buckyballs
Extraterrestrial gases, including helium, are trapped in “buckyball” molecules in a layer of sedimentary clay found in many places on Earth, according to a paper to be published March 28, […]