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Newly Discovered Fossils Strengthen Proposition that World’s First Mass Extinction Engineered by Early AnimalsAug. 11, 2016
The dust cloud L183, identified as a likely region of future solar systems, was imaged by the Spitzer Space Telescope for research published in 2010.
A Star’s Birth Holds Early Clues to Life-PotentialAug. 10, 2016
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The Ever More Puzzling and Intriguing “Tabby’s Star”Aug. 9, 2016
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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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