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Illustration of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) in front of a lava planet orbiting its host star. TESS will identify thousands of potential new planets for further study and observation.
NASA Prepares to Launch Next Mission to Search Sky for New WorldsApril 9, 2018
NASA's Stardust sample return capsule successfully landed at the U.S. Air Force Utah Test and Training Range at 2:10 a.m. Pacific time (3:10 a.m. Mountain time). The capsule contains cometary and interstellar samples gathered by the Stardust spacecraft.
Comet Provides Rare Chance To Study Solar System’s OriginsApril 9, 2018
This SeaWiFS pass over the Bohai Sea. Bohai Bay is one of three bays that make up the Bohai Gulf (or Bohai Sea). The Bohai Gulf is the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea.
Geologic Clues to Ancient ClimateApril 5, 2018
Betül Kacar in her lab.
Exobiology Postdoctoral Positions: University of ArizonaApril 4, 2018
The 2018 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) will be held in Washington D.C. from December 10th to the 14th.
AGU Session Proposals Due April 18April 3, 2018
Representation of the permeation of dipeptides across a phospholipid membrane. From Wei and Pohorille (2017).
Dipeptide Permeation of Phospholipid MembranesApril 3, 2018
The UK Centre for Astrobiology runs numerous courses, including geology courses for astronauts at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Pictured here are ESA astronauts Pedro Duque (right) and Matthias Maurer (left) with Charles Cockell (centre).
The UK Centre for AstrobiologyApril 3, 2018
This beautiful area in Western Australia is home to some of the most ancient rocks on Earth.
Participate in a Field Trip to the Key Astrobiology Sites of AustraliaApril 2, 2018
The Ariel space telescope will explore the atmospheres of exoplanets.
The Just-Approved European ARIEL Mission Will Be First Dedicated to Probing Exoplanet AtmospheresApril 2, 2018
Species like vestimentiferan tubeworms, Riftia pachyptila, such as these found found near the Galapagos islands, represent the kinds of life that can persist near deep sea hydrothermal vents.
Could Shallow Biospheres Exist beneath the Icy Ceilings of Ocean Moons?April 2, 2018
The Mid-Cayman rise is an undersea ridge in the Caribbean Sea located at the tectonic boundary of the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate.
Metabolism and Diversity of Tubeworm Endosymbionts from the Mid-Cayman RiseMarch 30, 2018
A fragment of the Murchison meteorite, which fell on Australia in 1969.
Details of the Solar System's Oldest Dated ObjectsMarch 29, 2018
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