"Is there any astrological thing that will happen in 16 June 2013, or any information of a disaster that will take place at that time? "
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Ground Truth
Jeff Moersch squints at the heat maps of the Laguna Negra terrain produced by his thermal imager. Credit: Henry Bortman
In the sixth report from the 2011 Planetary Lake Lander Expedition to Chile’s Laguna Negra, scientists begin characterizing the geology of the Laguna Negra basin. Equipped with a portable infrared spectrometer, they record infrared spectra from various rocks throughout the region. The team is performing important ‘ground truth’ experiments to verify mineralogical data collected by orbiting satellites.Source: [astrobio.net]
February 3, 2012 / Written by: Henry Bortman
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2012 Astrobiology Graduate Student Conference
The 2012 Astrobiology Graduate Student Conference will be held on August 27–30, 2012, preceded by the Research Focus Group splinter, August 24-26. The conference will be held at the California Institute for Technology (Caltech), with an outreach event at the University of Southern California (USC), and a field-trip to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
The conference will consist of three days of scientific sessions, two evenings of public outreach and education activities, and a one day field trip to JPL. The talks and poster sessions will draw on the success of past AbGradCons as a...
February 2, 2012 / Posted by: Daniella Scalice
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Dawn at Laguna Negra
As the nearly full moon sets in the west, early light on Cerro Echaurren is reflected on the still water of Laguna Negra. Credit: Henry Bortman
In his fifth report, Astrobiology Magazine’s Expeditions Editor, Henry Bortman, provides a first-hand account of what it’s like to camp on the shores of Chile’s Laguna Negra during the 2011 Planetary Lake Lander Expedition. Like a woodwind chorus, native birds ring in the dawn, Bortman surveys the lay of the land – from bolder fields to to icy glaciers that surround the lake.The Planetary Lake Lander (PLL) team has traveled to remote Laguna Negra in the central Andes of Chile to test technologies that could one day be used to explore the lakes of Titan. The...
Source: [astrobio.net]
January 16, 2012 / Written by: Henry Bortman
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The Pale Blue Blog
The Pale Blue Blog, now available at Astrobiology Magazine. http://astrobio.net/paleblueblog/
The Astrobiology Magazine is now welcoming the addition of the Pale Blue Blog – a unique collection of individual bloggers who voice their opinions on matters ranging from the evolution of life to extrasolar planets. According to the organizers, the new science blog is “about ‘Pale blue dots,’ in the way that Carl Sagan once referred to the Earth.”From Pale Blue Blog:
This blog aims to be a little different than your “traditional” science blog, in much the same way an interactive classroom is different from a “traditional” powerpoint-based one. We want to foster multi-directional conversations....Source: [astrobio.net]
January 13, 2012 / Posted by: Aaron Gronstal
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Stormy Skies and Garden Worlds
Storm clouds that built up over Laguna Negra for several afternoons in a row sent the PLL team indoors. Credit: Henry Bortman
In the fourth report from the 2011 Planetary Lake Lander (PLL) Expedition, the skies above Chile’s Laguna Negra go dark and thunder rolls in the distance. Dramatic weather brings biological sampling efforts at the Andean lake to a temporary halt. Instead, the PLL team spends their time working with samples that have already been collected.When the weather clears, members of the PLL team strike out to yet-unexplored areas of Laguna Negra. When visiting the northwest shore for the first time, they discover a world that is much different than the environment they’ve been studying...
Source: [astrobio.net]
January 9, 2012 / Written by: Henry Bortman
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FameLab Astrobiology in Houston
We need you in Houston! Sign up today to participate in FameLab Astrobiology at the Lunar and Planetary Institute on January 13th. FameLab is a science communication competition that focuses on building your skills with workshops on good communication practices. The workshop in Houston will be led by the Co-Directors of the National Association for Interpretation. Competitors will present a three-minute piece on their research or an astrobiology-related topic of their choosing. Those topping the competition in Houston will go on to the final at AbSciCon in April…the winner there will go...
January 5, 2012 / Posted by: Daniella Scalice
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New Astrobiology Chair at Library of Congress
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS NOW FEBRUARY 13TH
Candidates should apply directly using the online form. Nominations should be submitted in writing to scholarly@loc.gov.
NASA and the Library of Congress have established the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA-Library of Congress chair in Astrobiology at the Library’s scholarly research organization, the John W. Kluge Center in Washington. The chair is named for the late Nobel Laureate and founding director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, Baruch
“Barry” Blumberg.Astrobiology is the study of the origins, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe. Astrobiology addresses three fundamental...
January 3, 2012 / Posted by: Daniella Scalice
