Valles Marineris, like the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona, provides a spectacular look at the geologic history via layered sediments that get older with depth.
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NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,201 22 May 2026 (Space Life Science Research Results)
The abstract in PubMed or at the publisher’s site is linked when available and will open in a new window.
Posted inAnalog Studies, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Orbital Biosignature Recon: NASA-developed AI Could Help Track Harmful Algae
Editor’s note: for more than half a century we have been learning how to use the viewpoint from space to study our home world. The instruments we have developed often […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Mars, Status Report
Overhead View Of A Small Chaotic Area In Shalbatana Vallis On Mars
This view was generated from the digital terrain model and the nadir and colour channels of the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express.
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Magnetic Fields, Electromagnetism, bioelectricity,, Mars, Press Release, Space Weather & Heliophysics
MAVEN Discovers Space Weather Atmospheric Effect At Mars
In December 2023, scientists looking at Mars data stumbled across something completely unexpected — observations of an atmospheric effect never before seen in the Red Planet’s atmosphere.
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, NASA Astrobiology Program, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Status Report, Tricorders & Sensors
🚀 NASA Astrobiology Report: PESTO Search for Life Instrumentation Study For Solar System Life Detection
Search for Life Instrument Study Identifying Scientific Knowledge and Technology Gapshttps://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/pesto-astrobio-report-final-draft.pdf?emrc=eaa475
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Habitable Zones, Missions & Hardware, NASA Astrobiology Program, Origin & Evolution of Life, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Policy, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Space Life Science, Status Report
🚀 NASA Request for Information (RFI): Private Sector Activities in Astrobiology, Planetary Protection, and Space Biology Released
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has released a new Request for Information (RFI) entitled, Private Sector Activities in Astrobiology, Planetary Protection, and Space Biology, seeking expressions of interest from U.S. […]
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NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,200 15 May 2026 (Space Life Science Research Results)
The abstract in PubMed or at the publisher’s site is linked when available and will open in a new window.
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Conferences and Meetings, Icy Worlds, NASA Astrobiology Program, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Status Report
AGU Astrobiology Special: Icy Worlds Get New Planetary Protection Guidelines
This week from AGU astrobiology special edition: Icy worlds get new planetary protection guidelines
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NASA Astrobiology Community Update & NASA-DARES at AbSciCon 2026
Date/Time: Monday, May 18th, 2026, 7:00–8:30 pm CDT