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Lichen Redefined as a Symbiosis of ThreeAug. 8, 2016
Colonies of fungi grown on the International Space Station, one of many extreme environments researchers are studying to see how microbes behave.
Mayo Clinic Studies How Life Survives Extreme EnvironmentsAug. 5, 2016
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Mars Gullies Likely Not Formed by Liquid WaterAug. 4, 2016
Scientists survey the peridotite landscape and obtaining access to deep wells drilled into peridotite.
Omani Wells May Shed Light on Martian MethaneAug. 3, 2016
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Call for Applications for Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology Aug. 1, 2016
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Coming to Terms with BiosignaturesJuly 28, 2016
Collecting samples from permafrost at high elevations in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
Comparing Microbial Activity in an Arid Polar DesertJuly 27, 2016
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Exoplanet Biosignatures Workshop Without WallsJuly 26, 2016
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2016 Astrobiology Minority Institution Research Support (MIRS) Program FellowsJuly 25, 2016
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Recipients of NASA Early Career Collaboration AwardsJuly 22, 2016
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Joint NASA-NSF Ideas Lab on the Origins of Life UpdateJuly 21, 2016
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Rocky, Close, and Potentially Habitable Planets Around a Dwarf StarJuly 20, 2016
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