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Blue ice field in Antarctica's Miller Range. The Miller range is a prime location for meteorite hunting.
Organics in Primitive Carbonaceous ChondritesJune 23, 2016
A bacterial colony showing individual cells undergoing transposable element events, resulting in blue fluorescence. Images are shown at (a) t = 0, (b) t = 40 min, and (c) t = 60 min, with arrows indicating newly occurring events in each image. Image court
Watching ‘Jumping Genes’ in ActionJune 20, 2016
Propylene oxide was detected, primarily with the NSF's Green Bank Telescope, near the center of our Galaxy in Sagittarius (Sgr) B2, a massive star-forming region. Credit: B. Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF from data provided by N.E. Kassim, Naval Research Laboratory
Chiral Molecule Detected in Interstellar SpaceJune 17, 2016
A blue halite hosted in Zag (JSC) with tips of tweezer for scale. Size of the crystal is ~2 μm.
Amino Acids in the Zag MeteoriteJune 16, 2016
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Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity with NASA’s Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS)June 15, 2016
Members of the Burke Lab, including Donald Burke (lower right) in front of the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center at the University of Missouri, Summer 2014.
Donald Burke on The Big ElectronJune 13, 2016
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White Paper on the Value of Participating Science Programs on NASA Planetary MissionsJune 10, 2016
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Pre-Workshop Activities for Exoplanet Biosignatures Workshop Without WallsJune 8, 2016
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Joint NASA-NSF Ideas Lab on the Origins of LifeJune 7, 2016
The layers on this 2.7 billion-year-old rock, a stromatolite from Western Australia, show evidence of single-celled, photosynthetic life on the shore of a large lake. The new result suggests that this microbial life thrived despite a thin atmosphere.
Earth’s ancient atmosphere was half as thick as it is todayJune 7, 2016
Mahoney Lake in British Columbia.
Below the Chemocline in a Meromictic LakeJune 2, 2016
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Early Career Seminar: Chemical Gardens, Chimneys, and Fuel Cells: Simulating Prebiotic Chemistry in Hydrothermal Vents on Ocean WorldsMay 31, 2016
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