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Yale researchers have discovered a surprising link between the tilting of exoplanets and their orbit in space. The discovery may help explain a long-standing puzzle about exoplanetary orbital architectures.
Over-Tilting ExoplanetsMarch 5, 2019
The 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference will be held in Seattle, Washington, from June 24-28, 2019.
Last Call to Submit an AbSciCon AbstractMarch 5, 2019
Lagrangian points of the Earth-Sun system (not to scale). Objects at the Lagrangian points (purple dots) remain in the same relative position to one another as the Earth orbits the Sun.
Earth's Trojan AsteroidsMarch 5, 2019
Poikilolaimus oxycercus is a microscopic nematode, or roundworm, found alive and well more than a mile below the surface in South Africa, where its ancestors had lived for hundreds or thousands of years.
How Creatures End Up Miles Below the Surface of Earth, and Maybe Mars TooMarch 5, 2019
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Planetary Protection Research Europa Lander UpdateMarch 4, 2019
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The Mexican Astrobiology SocietyMarch 4, 2019
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Young Scientist Program 2019March 4, 2019
True-color image from the Thematic Mapper on the Landsat 5 satellite (September 2, 2011). Nearly a week after Hurricane Irene drenched New England with rainfall, the Connecticut River spewed muddy sediment into Long Island Sound.
Tracking Redox with Chromium IsotopeMarch 4, 2019
A trial NASA rover mission in the Mars-like Atacama desert.
Clues to Martian life found in Chilean desertMarch 1, 2019
True-color image from a model (left) compared to a view of Earth from the Earth and Moon Viewer (http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Earth/). A glint spot in the Indian Ocean can be clearly seen in the model image.
Spotting the Glint of Extrasolar OceansMarch 1, 2019
True-color image of the Salar del Hombre Muerto in northwestern Argentina. A salar is a salt pan, created when water repeatedly evaporates from a shallow lake, leaving behind a crusty layer of salt minerals, which are brilliant white in this image.
Life in Salty, High-Altitude Salt Flats in ArgentinaFeb. 28, 2019
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NASA and the Navajo NationFeb. 27, 2019
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