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Artist's impression of Gaia.
Forming Binary CompanionsMay 16, 2019
Two comets head in toward a young solar system, with rings of rocky debris.
From Planetesimals to Terrestrial PlanetsMay 15, 2019
The largest salar (salt flat or playa) in the world, Salar de Uyuni, is located within the Altiplano of Bolivia. Covering 10,582 square kilometers, the mineral-crusted salar is about the same size as the “Big Island” of Hawaii.
Sequence of a High Altitude PolyextremophileMay 14, 2019
Marilyn Fogel, Wilbur W. Mayhew Endowed Professor of Geoecology and Director of the EDGE Institute at UC Riverside and member of the Alternative Earths team of the NASA Astrobiology Institute.
Marilyn Fogel Elected to the National Academy of SciencesMay 13, 2019
When it comes to the search for possible life on exoplanets, the questions and challenges are too great for anything but a community. NASA’s NExSS initiative has been an effort to help organize, cross-fertilize and promote that community.
NExSS 2.0May 13, 2019
Artist’s impression of the surface of the planet Barnard's Star b.
When It Comes to Planetary Habitability, It's What's Inside that CountsMay 13, 2019
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, hides a subsurface ocean that potentially could support life.
The Habitability of Titan and its OceanMay 10, 2019
To better support the broad, interdisciplinary field of astrobiology – the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe – NASA is announcing a new programmatic infrastructure for the Astrobiology Program.
ROSES-19 Amendment 8: Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (ICAR)May 9, 2019
Tech Tower on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia.
Georgia Tech Astrobiology Graduate CertificateMay 8, 2019
A Sun-grazing comet imaged by the joint NASA–ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) mission.
The Tricky Business of Finding ExocometsMay 7, 2019
A team of researchers found a grain (inset image) encased in a meteorite that survived the formation of our solar system and analyzed it with instruments sensitive enough to identify single atoms in a sample.
Ashes of a Dying Star Hold Clues about Solar System's BirthMay 6, 2019
Jaclyn Saunders (far right) fixes the line on a McLane instrument that pumps large volumes of seawater in order to extract the DNA. The left instrument measures properties such as temperature, salinity and depth and collects smaller samples of seawater.
Arsenic-breathing life discovered in the tropical Pacific OceanMay 3, 2019
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