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Participants at the third annual meeting of the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) Origins Network (EON).
Third Meeting of the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) Origins Network (EON)Feb. 26, 2018
A star emerges from its natal cloud of gas and dust in this tantalizing portrait of RY Tauri, a small stellar nursery at the edge of the Taurus molecular cloud.
Disk Masses from ALMA Continuum ObservationsFeb. 26, 2018
"Fresh monomers were fed to the polymer/monomer mixture periodically by an automated “day–night machine” that was designed to simulate wet–dry cycles that would have been common on the prebiotic Earth."
Making Polymers in a Day-Night MachineFeb. 23, 2018
Blue, but deadly: the gas giant exoplanet HD 189733b, which is superhot and likely has rains of glass.
National Academy Call for White Papers: Exoplanet Science StrategyFeb. 22, 2018
Aurora borealis image that a member of the Expedition 53 crew took on Sept. 15, 2017, from the International Space Station. These lights were seen over Canada while the station was near the highest point of its orbital path.
The Northern Lights, the Magnetic Field and LifeFeb. 22, 2018
The Antarctica Search for Transiting Extrasolar Planets (ASTEP) at Concordia station in Antarctica.
Observing the Planet β Pictoris bFeb. 21, 2018
The primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope during assembly in a clean room at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
The Transit Light Source EffectFeb. 19, 2018
Saturn's third-largest moon Dione can be seen through the haze of its largest moon, Titan, in this view of the two posing before the planet and its rings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
Does Titan’s Hydrocarbon Soup Hold A Recipe For Life?Feb. 16, 2018
A computer model of the early protein developed in simulations.
‘Handyman Of Proteins’ Got Life StartedFeb. 15, 2018
Research in Exobiology is centered on the origin and early evolution of life, the potential of life to adapt to different environments, and the implications for life elsewhere.
Exobiology Proposals Due May 2018Feb. 15, 2018
The angrite parent body was likely similar in size to the asteroid Vesta, which has been studied up close by NASA’s Dawn mission. Vesta is roughly 525 kilometers (326 miles) in diameter.
Meteorites Brought Water To Earth During the First Two Million YearsFeb. 14, 2018
The scientific search underway for life beyond Earth requires input from many disciplines and fields. Strategies forward have to hear and take in what scientists in those many fields have to say.
Release of ROSES-2018 Annual Omnibus NASA Research Announcement (NRA)Feb. 14, 2018
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