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A Puzzle of Ediacara BiotaSept. 19, 2017
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Ancient Lake On Mars Was Hospitable Enough To Support LifeSept. 18, 2017
In the still from the short film Cassini's Grand Finale, the spacecraft is shown diving between Saturn and the planet's innermost ring.
Cassini’s Grand FinaleSept. 15, 2017
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Cassini End of Mission Live Coverage - September 15, 7AM ETSept. 14, 2017
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NASA Astrobiology Program Student Early Career Collaboration Awards - Deadline October 2Sept. 13, 2017
This is an artist's concept of the Stardust spacecraft beginning its flight through gas and dust around comet Wild 2. Stardust found glycine in some of the samples it collected. Credit: NASA/JPL
Refractory Grains in Cometary DustSept. 11, 2017
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Seeing Emergent Physics Behind EvolutionSept. 9, 2017
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Library of Congress Symposium: Life As It Could Be: Astrobiology, Synthetic Biology, and the Future of LifeSept. 8, 2017
Red/green stereo anaglyph of Comet Wild 2.
New Data from the Kuiper Belt comet, Wild 2Sept. 7, 2017
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Is That the Foundation of NASA I Feel Shifting?Sept. 6, 2017
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Cryostructures in Antarctic PermafrostSept. 5, 2017
View of carbonate rocks from Mount Slipper, Yukon that contain apatitic scale microfossils. Fossils are found by dissolving the carbonate rocks in weak acid. Canadian penny for scale.
As Oceans Alkalized, Life Developed Bones and ShellsSept. 1, 2017
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