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Wright Valley, one of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica, where extremophile cyanobacteria, called hypoliths, live.
Desert-Dwelling Bacteria Offer Clues To Habitability On MarsMarch 28, 2018
Fragments of the Sutter’s Mill meteorite fall collected by NASA Ames and SETI Institute meteor astronomer Peter Jenniskens in the evening of Tuesday April 24, 2012, two days after the fall. This was the second recovered find.
New Data on the Sutter's Mill MeteoriteMarch 27, 2018
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will look for planets around close, bright stars.
NASA to Discuss Upcoming Launch of Next Planet HunterMarch 26, 2018
An icy lake in Svalbard, Norway, taken by an unmanned aerial vehicle. Life on Earth may have begun in an environment with both water and ice, and modern analogs may help the scientific community understand how.
Early Life Had Evolutionary Power To Survive Radical Changes In EnvironmentMarch 26, 2018
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Astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol Features in the New York TimesMarch 23, 2018
Mars topographic map. The northern hemisphere (blue) is mostly smooth lowlands and has experienced extensive volcanism. The southern hemisphere (orange) has an older, cratered highland surface. This dichotomy could have been caused by a giant impact.
Rare Metals On Mars And Earth Implicate Colossal ImpactsMarch 23, 2018
Artist impression of a strand of DNA.
The Prebiotic Synthesis of NucleosidesMarch 22, 2018
The outer planets of the Solar System.
Outer Planets Assesment Group (OPAG) FindingsMarch 22, 2018
This beautiful area in Western Australia is home to some of the most ancient rocks on Earth.
Student Scholarships for the Astrobiology Grand TourMarch 21, 2018
As NASA missions explore our solar system and search for new worlds, they are finding water in surprising places.
Abstract Deadline Extended for the 3rd Ocean Worlds MeetingMarch 21, 2018
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Student Trainee/Pathways Internship Program at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)March 20, 2018
Hubble Telescope image of the Carina Nebula, found in one of the brightest parts of the Milky Way.
A Promordial Disc around a 45-Myr-old M DwarfMarch 20, 2018
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