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This is the collection site for the sediments used in this study, located near the village of Zal in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
Recovering from Mass ExtinctionMay 8, 2018
Scientists at MIT documented the first extracellular vesicles produced by ocean microbes. The arrow in the photo above points to one of these spherical vesicles in this scanning electron micrograph s
Pinning Down the Rise of Multicellular CyanobacteriaMay 8, 2018
This artist's concept of a proposed Mars sample return mission portrays the launch of an ascent vehicle.
NASA-ESA Statement of Intent for Mars Sample ReturnMay 7, 2018
Artist impression of a future Mars rover.
Search for Life on Mars Could Get Water-Enhanced BoostMay 7, 2018
Simulation of one possible orbit for Fomalhaut b derived from the analysis of Hubble Space Telescope data between 2004 and 2012, presented in January 2013 by Paul Kalas and James Graham (Berkeley), Michael Fitzgerald (UCLA) and Mark Clampin (NASA/Goddard)
Exoplanet Fomalhaut b On the MoveMay 7, 2018
An Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, carrying NASA’s InSight Mars lander. Liftoff was at 4:05 a.m. PDT (7:05 a.m. EDT).
NASA’s InSight Spacecraft Now on its Way to MarsMay 5, 2018
The 2018 Astrobiology Colloquium took place March 30th in Atlanta, Georgia.
2018 Astrobiology ColloquiumMay 4, 2018
Victoria Meadows, Principal Investigator for the Virtual Planetary Laboratory (VPL) at the University of Washington.
Victoria Meadows Receives the Drake AwardMay 4, 2018
Deep Earth diamond with garnet inside. These inclusions, which occur during the diamond formation process, provide not only a way to date the diamonds, but also a window into conditions in deep Earth when they wee formed.
Diamonds and ScienceMay 3, 2018
This artist's concept depicts the stationary NASA Mars lander known by the acronym InSight at work studying the interior of Mars.
InSight Prepares for LaunchMay 3, 2018
Small pools of water close to deposits of radioactive elements could have formed formamide, which could then have became a solvent for early life on Earth.
Why formamide may have been early life’s alternative to waterMay 3, 2018
An artist’s impression of an active red dwarf star irradiating an orbiting planet.
Ultraviolet radiation from low-mass stars could render planets uninhabitableMay 1, 2018
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