NASA Ames Research Center and the NASA Astrobiology Institute will host the second biennial Astrobiology Science Conference April 7-11. The conference will be held in Hangar One and at the […]
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Terrestrial Analogs to Mars: Planetary Decadal Study Community White Paper Solar System Exploration Survey, 2003-2013
Planetary Decadal Study Community White Paper Solar System Exploration Survey, 2003-2013
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Doubts About ALH84001: The JSC Mars Meteorite Team Responds
Editor’s note: the following is a response provided to SpaceRef by the JSC Mars Meteorite Team (David McKay, Kathie Thomas-Keptra, and Everett Gibson) regarding a paper “Magnetite morphology and life […]
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Dedication Of The Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Cosmos
On Friday, November 9, 2001, on what would have been Carl Sagan’s 67th birthday, the NASA Ames Research Center dedicated the site for the Carl Sagan Center for the Study […]
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The Role Of Astrobiology in Solar System Exploration
A Report from the NASA Astrobiology Institute to the National Research Council Solar System Exploration Decadal Strategy Working Group
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The Role Of Astrobiology in Solar System Exploration
A Report from the NASA Astrobiology Institute to the National Research Council Solar System Exploration Decadal Strategy Working Group
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Mars Revisted
To Bruce Jakosky, life’s demonstrated ability to weather almost anything Earth can dish out makes a strong argument that life probably does exist elsewhere in the universe. One likely spot, […]
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Back-to-School Time for Astrobiologists
When NASA’s Pathfinder mission landed on Mars in 1997, public interest soared. The space agency was nearly overwhelmed by phone calls and emails from citizens who wanted to know what […]
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NASA JSC Background Information on PNAS Mars Meteorite ALH84001 Magnetite Paper
Researchers have found small particles of a magnetic mineral called magnetite in a Martian meteorite that could only have been produced by bacteria.
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4 Years Later … The Case For Life On Mars Withstands Criticism, Gains Support
The editors of Precambrian Research and the team that startled the scientific world in August 1996 with evidence they had found in a Martian meteorite indicating that life once existed […]