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Photograph of the main mass of NWA 11119 that was found in Mauritania in December 2016. The rock has a light-green fusion crust, and the broken interior shows light-green and gray-colored crystals.
Volcanism and Crustal Formation on Planetesimals in the Early Solar SystemAug. 20, 2018
Atacama Desert, site of the 2015 PSTAR project ARADS: Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies.
Announcement: PSTAR Not Solicited this YearAug. 16, 2018
Artist impression of the K2 Mission.
Small Planets around a Bright Young Field StarAug. 16, 2018
The American Association for the Advancement of Science.
ScienceCareers: Resources from AAASAug. 15, 2018
The researchers examined the biological processes of E.coli, a common bacteria.
The Diversification of Bacteria through TimeAug. 15, 2018
Artist’s illustration of two Earth-sized planets, TRAPPIST-1b and TRAPPIST-1c, passing in front of their parent red dwarf star, which is smaller and cooler than our sun. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope looked for signs of atmospheres around these planets.
Understanding the Architecture of TRAPPIST-1Aug. 14, 2018
Has NASA’s Curiosity rover taken dormant microbes to Mars?
Putting the Ethics into Planetary ProtectionAug. 13, 2018
This artist's animation shows a sped-up view of the EPOXI mission spacecraft during its Nov. 4, 2010 flyby of comet Hartley 2. The fluffy shell around the comet, called a coma, is made up of gas and dust that blew off the comet's core, or nucleus.
The Hyperactivity and Dust Composition of the Comet Hartley 2Aug. 13, 2018
A reconstruction of the frond-like sea creature Stromatoveris psygmoglena, which lived during the Cambrian explosion of life forms on Earth.
Piecing Together The Narrative of EvolutionAug. 10, 2018
A bridge of suspended solar material, called a solar prominence, extends over the sun's limb in this image taken by Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).
Prebiotic Conditions of the early Solar SystemAug. 10, 2018
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AbSciCon 2019: Save the DateAug. 9, 2018
The Arizona Radio Observatory (ARO) owns and operates the Submillimeter Telescope (SMT) located on Mt. Graham near Safford, Arizona.
Phosphorus-Bearing Molecules in Oxygen-Rich Circumstellar EnvelopesAug. 9, 2018
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