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Veronica Godoy-Carter, associate professor of biology, discovered a purple bacteria among ancient “living rocks” of Patagonia. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University.

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Patagonian ‘Living Rocks’ Trace Their Origins To The Beginning Of life On Earth

by Keith CowingMarch 7, 2025March 7, 2025

In the Patagonia region of southern Chile, there are “living rocks.”

snow drifts through glaciated mountain ranges in Southern Patagonia.

Analog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Polar / Alpine Expeditions, Status Report

Iceworld Recon: Orbital View Of Snow Drifts In Patagonia

by Keith CowingJanuary 14, 2024January 14, 2024

Editor’s note: we currently have a fleet of spacecraft studying Mars – a cold planet with a large variety of geological features governed by frozen water and carbon dioxide. Earth […]

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Patagonian ‘Living Rocks’ Trace Their Origins To The Beginning Of life On Earth

Iceworld Recon: Orbital View Of Snow Drifts In Patagonia

Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers A Field Of Honeycomb Textures

Viking Science

Constraining The Lives And Times Of Exoplanets Through Evolutionary Bayesian Retrievals

Project Hephaistos — III. Characterizing Anomalous Infrared Sources Identified As Dyson-sphere Candidates

SCoRE: The Surface Composition Of Rocky Exoplanets