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NASA’s LADEE Spacecraft Finds Neon in Lunar AtmosphereAug. 24, 2015
Nathalie Cabrol, PI of NAI SETI Team, appointed to lead Carl Sagan Center at SETI Institute. Credit: SETI Institute
Nathalie Cabrol to Lead Carl Sagan Center at SETI InstituteAug. 21, 2015
A view of a hydrothermal vent at the Main Endeavour Field on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, snapped from the submersible Alvin.
Pathways for Life’s Origin on the Ocean FloorAug. 20, 2015
Historic image of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko half an hour before Philae's first landing. Credits: European Space Agency/Rosetta/Navcam – CC BY-SA IGO 3.0.
Organics Sniffed Out on 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoAug. 19, 2015
Cathodoluminescence image of a 400-μm zircon and the 3-D map made by atom-probe tomography of a group of ~10-nm clusters of radiogenic atoms of 207Pb (yellow) and 206Pb (green) from the core of this crystal. Credit: John Valley, University of Wisconsin.
New Probe Gives Closer Look at Oldest Terrestrial MaterialAug. 18, 2015
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2015 NASA Astrobiology Postdoctoral Program Fellows AnnouncedAug. 17, 2015
This series of images of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko was captured by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 12 August 2015, just a few hours before the comet reached the closest point to the Sun along its 6.5-year orbit, or perihelion.
Rosetta’s Big Day in the SunAug. 12, 2015
Artist’s impression of Roche lobe overflow in a planet. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Frank Reddy
Mini-Neptunes Might Host Life Under Right ConditionsAug. 12, 2015
Georgia Tech graduate student Sheng-Sheng Yu holds a sample that has been subjected to repeated cycles of wet-dry conditions. From amino acids and hydroxy acids, the process results in a mixture of polyesters and peptides containing as many as 14 units. C
Origins of Life in a Drying PuddleAug. 10, 2015
If starlight passing through a planetary atmosphere is blocked by clouds or haze, the resulting spectrum is flat and featureless, and no molecules or potential biomarkers are visible. Credit: Kempton, E.M.R., 2014, Nature, 513, 493. Used with permission
New Method Finds Best Candidates for Telescope TimeAug. 5, 2015
Operation IceBridge project scientist Michael Studinger took the photo of Taylor Valley,, one of the Dry Valleys of Antarctica where snow and ice are rare. Credit: NASA
Antarctic Offers Insights Into Life on MarsAug. 3, 2015
A picture of the aluminum plate with a chemical deposit on it. Credits: Karen Smith/NASA Goddard
NASA Researchers Find "Frozen" Recipe for Extraterrestrial VitaminAug. 2, 2015
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