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Artist illustration of the early Earth.
Regulating the Flood: Deliquescence in Prebiotic EnvironmentsDec. 5, 2019
An artist’s impression of a ‘snowball Earth’.
Sustaining Aerobic Eukaryotes on Snowball EarthDec. 4, 2019
Strong irradiation from the host star can cause planets known as mini-Neptunes in the habitable zone to shed their gaseous envelopes and become potentially habitable worlds.
To the Core of Sub-NeptunesDec. 3, 2019
The Soudan Iron-Formation is a Neoarchean-aged banded iron formation (BIF) unit in the Vermilion Greenstone Belt of northeastern Minnesota, USA.
Depleted Organic Matter in BIFsNov. 29, 2019
After a lecture in Washington, an incarcerated woman has a burning question.
All Learners Matter: Astrobiology for the IncarceratedNov. 26, 2019
To better support the broad, interdisciplinary field of astrobiology – the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe – NASA is announcing a new programmatic infrastructure for the Astrobiology Program.
Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (ICAR)Nov. 25, 2019
WHOI’s Nereid Under Ice (NUI) submersible being lowered into the water.
Exploring the Aurora Hydrothermal Vent FieldNov. 23, 2019
Strong irradiation from the host star can cause planets known as mini-Neptunes in the habitable zone to shed their gaseous envelopes and become potentially habitable worlds.
Dual Anonymous Reviews in ROSES 2020Nov. 22, 2019
The first global geologic map of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is based on radar and visible and infrared images from NASA's Cassini mission, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017.
A Global Map of Titan's SurfaceNov. 21, 2019
Europa is one of the moons in our solar system that could host life. What about beyond the solar system?
NASA Scientists Confirm Water Vapor on EuropaNov. 20, 2019
This is a mosaic image of asteroid Bennu, from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. The discovery of sugars in meteorites supports the hypothesis that chemical reactions in asteroids – the parent bodies of many meteorites – can make some of life’s ingredients.
First Detection of Sugars in Meteorites Gives Clues to Origin of LifeNov. 19, 2019
The Kuiper Belt is a region of leftover material from the Solar System's early history and resembles a thick disk beyond the orbit of Neptune. Beyond the Kuiper Belt is the Oort Cloud. Both the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt could be sources of comets.
An Exo-Kuiper Belt in Scattered LightNov. 13, 2019
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