Keith’s note: Over the next several weeks we will be rolling out a revised and enhanced version of Astrobiology.com. It will take us a bit to wrap our minds around […]
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Astrobiology.com Website Upgrade Underway
Keith’s note: Over the next several weeks we will be rolling out a revised and enhanced version of Astrobiology.com. It will take us a bit to wrap our minds around […]
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What Was The Earliest Mention Of Astrobiology On TV?
The earliest TV mention of #astrobiology? Apparently it was on the #StarTrek episode “Return To Tomorrow“ which first aired on 9 Feb 1968: KIRK: “Who are you?”MULHALL: “Doctor Ann Mulhall, […]
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Scientists Secure NASA Grant to Explore Astrobiology Through Student Training and Mentorship
Dr. Chhandak Basu, a faculty member in the Department of Biology at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), and Dr. Scott Perl, a Research Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), […]
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Astrobiology.com On BBC Radio London
Editor’s note: On 7 July I appeared live on BBC Radio London with host Jumoké Fashola to talk about Saturn’s moon Enceladus and the possibility that it could host life. […]
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NASA Space Station Researcher’s Guide to Plant Science
Advances made during decades of spaceflight experimentation have identified critical gaps in our understanding of the role of gravity and the spaceflight environment on plant biology at the cellular, tissue, […]
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Tricorder Tech: NASA Astrobiology Field Research With A Hand-held X-ray Fluorescence Field Spectrometer
Teams from NASA’s Johnson Space Center and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center continue to conduct field work as part of this week’s NASA Expeditions in Hawaii.
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Astrobiology.com on Deutsche Welle TV – Mars 2020
Keith’s note: I was on Deutsche Welle TV today talking about the Mars 2020 rover mission and its implications for Astrobiology.
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Astrobiology Is At A Pivot Point
A Twitter sequence about the present and future of Astrobiology. Sometimes Twitter is a better way to encapsulate a thought than a simple narrative. The diversity of the attendees at […]
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The Earliest TV Mention Of "Astrobiology"?
Was this the earliest TV mention of “astrobiology”? A scene from the original Star Trek episode “Return To Tomorrow” which first aired on 9 February 1968: