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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
Laurie Barge, left, and Erika Flores, right, in JPL's Origins and Habitability Lab in Pasadena, California.
NASA Study Reproduces Origins of Life on Ocean FloorFeb. 26, 2019
This illustration shows the structure of a new synthetic DNA molecule, dubbed hachimoji DNA, which uses the four informational ingredients of regular DNA (green, red, blue, yellow) in addition to four new ones (cyan, pink, purple, orange).
NASA-Funded Research Creates DNA-like Molecule to Aid Search for Alien LifeFeb. 26, 2019
Stromatolites in Shark Bay, Western Australia, are thought to be some of the most ancient forms of life on Earth and are comprised of organisms that probably contributed to the O2 scientists are inferring existed on ancient Earth (i.e., cyanobacteria).
Ancient Rocks Provide Clues to Earth’s Early HistoryFeb. 26, 2019
There are a plethora of journals publishing scientific results relevant to astrobiology. It is important to seek advice from your advisors and colleagues so that you can make an educated choice when publishing your data.
Proposal Writing WorkshopsFeb. 25, 2019
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