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Lifting the Mars Exploration Rover-1 (MER-B) onto a spin table during preflight processing of the spacecraft. Researchers at Cal Poly offer the first biochemical evidence explaining the reason why contamination persist after use of the cleaning facility.
How Microbes From Spacecrafts Survive Clean RoomsJune 28, 2018
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Photochemistry of Bacterial DNA under Mars ConditionsJune 27, 2018
Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong working at an equipment storage area on the lunar module. This is one of the few photos that show Armstrong during the moonwalk. Click image to enlarge. Credit: NASA
The Potential for Metal Contamination in Apollo SamplesJune 26, 2018
There have been no humans on the surface of the Moon since the Apollo program ended in 1972. Now, in addition to NASA, space agencies in India, China, Russia, Japan and Europe and developing plans to land humans on the Moon.
Back to the Future on the MoonJune 25, 2018
The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) provides early-career and more senior scientists the opportunity to share in NASA's mission, to reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind.
Reminder: NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Summer Deadline is July 1, 2018June 25, 2018
An artist rendering of infant star HD 163296 with three protoplanets forming in its disk The planets were discovered using a new mode of detection — identifying unusual patterns in the flow of gas within a protoplanetary disk.
Planets Still Forming Detected in a Protoplanetary DiskJune 22, 2018
Artist impression of a strand of DNA.
Backbones of Life's OriginsJune 22, 2018
Proof-of-concept Map-X instrument and example data from a polished rock section.
Reaching out to Study Signatures in Ancient Rocks on Planetary SurfacesJune 21, 2018
Potential false positive mechanisms for O2. This cartoon summarizes the atmospheric mechanisms by which O2 could form abiotically at high abundance in a planetary atmosphere.
Understanding Oxygen as an Exoplanet BiosignatureJune 20, 2018
On our quest to find life beyond Earth, scientists first must have to ask themselves: what signs would be the most compelling evidence?
Climbing the Ladder to Life DetectionJune 18, 2018
Tiny liquid droplets may have concentrated precious biomolecules and acted as bioreactors in the RNA World.
'Bioreactors' in the RNA WorldJune 18, 2018
This beautiful area in Western Australia is home to some of the most ancient rocks on Earth.
Distinguishing Microfossils from PseudofossilsJune 15, 2018
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