In the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), it is often assumed that intelligent life on an Earth-like exoplanet would inevitably develop the technological means for interstellar communication. This assumption ignores […]
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The Microbial Inhabitants of the Corona Lava Tube: Astrobiological Insights from a Mars Analog Environment
Lava tubes are recognized as strategic targets in the search for life on Mars. The Corona Lava Tube System in Lanzarote serves as a terrestrial analog for martian subsurface environments […]
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Tricorder Microscope Training During ESA PANGEA 2025
Editor’s note: Astronaut Thomas Pesquet carries out investigations with the spectrometer associated with the ESA Electronic FieldBook
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Astronaut Away Team Training At Tinguaton
After receiving feedback from the science backroom, astronauts Takuya Onishi (JAXA), Thomas Pesquet (ESA) and Jessica Wittner (NASA) proceeded to sample small quantities of pyroclasts.
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Deep Dust Project Works To Unravel Earth’s Distant Climate Past In Oklahoma’s Anadarko Basin
A team of researchers at the University of Oklahoma will explore the Permian sediment of Oklahoma’s Anadarko Basin, which contains dust deposits from Earth’s deep-time past. The Anadarko Basin includes […]
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Tricorder Use By ESA PANGEA Away Team: ESA Electronic FieldBook And Spectrometer
NASA astronaut candidate Jessica Wittner carries out investigations with the spectrometer associated with the ESA Electronic FieldBook, so that JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi can receive indications from the science back-room […]
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Away Team Practice By ESA’s Geology Course PANGEA (Planetary ANalogue Geological and Astrobiological Exercise for Astronauts)
Three astronauts from three space agencies are at work looking for interesting rocks at the rim of a volcanic crater in Lanzarote, Spain. NASA astronaut candidate Jessica Wittner, Takuya Onishi […]
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Dusty Iron in the Ancient Oceans
A recent study examines the affect of dust-borne iron on primary productivity in the oceans of the ancient Earth.