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Dr. Rebecca Rapf (third from left) has become the inaugural winner of the Maggie C. Turnbull Award.
The Inaugural Maggie C. Turnbull Early Career AwardJune 14, 2018
Curiosity Rover's Self Portrait at 'John Klein' Drilling Site.
3 Questions: Roger Summons on finding organic matter on MarsJune 13, 2018
ARIEL will focus on hot planets that orbit close to their star.
The Arizona NExSS Winter SchoolJune 12, 2018
This series of images of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko was captured by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 12 August 2015, just a few hours before the comet reached the closest point to the Sun along its 6.5-year orbit, or perihelion.
Cometary Dust: A ReviewJune 8, 2018
In β-alanine, the amino group (blue) is attached to the β carbon as opposed to the α carbon. The α carbon (left image) is the central carbon where both the amino (blue) and carboxylic acid (red) groups are attached.
Tools in Studying Prebiotic PeptidesJune 7, 2018
Curiosity Self-Portrait at 'Mojave' Site on Mount Sharp
Breakthrough Findings on Mars Organics and Mars MethaneJune 6, 2018
An artist’s concept of the early Earth. While still fairly inhospitable compared to today’s standards, the early Earth may have had a more moderate climate and ocean temperature and pH than had been thought.
Habitability of the Young Earth Could Boost the Chances of Life ElsewhereJune 5, 2018
Image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) of the Yangtze River in Central China emptying out into the Yellow Sea.
New Data on Ocean-Redox Conditions in the EdiacaranJune 4, 2018
Organic-walled microfossils isolated from the early Neoproterozoic Liulaobei Formation.
Finding Fossils from Earth's Early HistoryJune 1, 2018
Niki Parenteau of NASA’s Ames Research Center is a microbiologist working in the field of exoplanet and Mars biosignatures. She adds a laboratory biology approach to a field generally known for its astronomers, astrophysicists and planetary scientists.
Joining the Microscope and the Telescope in the Search for Life Beyond EarthMay 31, 2018
The space shuttle Endeavour hangs against Earth’s atmosphere. The stratosphere is represented by the whitish layer.
How Stratospheric Life is Teaching us about the Possibility of Extreme Life on Other WorldsMay 30, 2018
Evaporation, convection, rainfall and winds can even out heat imbalances in the atmosphere. Here, cumulus clouds carry solar energy away from Earth’s surface over South America.
Revisiting Earth’s Oxygenation 2.4 Billion Years AgoMay 29, 2018
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