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Diopatra cuprea parchments exposed during low tide. Examples of tube openings are indicated with white arrows. Examples of parchment that extend above the sediment– water interface are indicated with black arrows.
Burrowing in Shallow Marine SedimentsMay 29, 2019
The Santa Fe Institute presents a new, free online course - Origins of Life. Instruction begins June 14, 2019.
Origins of Life: Free Online CourseMay 28, 2019
Our solar system's giants, Jupiter (left) and Saturn (right).
Meteor Magnets in Outer SpaceMay 24, 2019
A blue halite hosted in Zag (JSC) with tips of tweezer for scale. Size of the crystal is ~2 μm.
A Cold Clast in the Zag MeteoriteMay 24, 2019
An artist’s impression of early Earth, where the first simple proteins may have formed.
Characterizing Biomolecules in Complex MixturesMay 23, 2019
Extremophiles, such as the thermophiles that give the microbial mats such vivid colors in the hot springs in Yellowstone National Park, are a hot topic of study amongst astrobiologists in the UK.
Virus Immunity in Geographically Diverse Microbial PopulationsMay 22, 2019
DECam is a high-performance, wide-field CCD imager mounted at the prime focus of the Blanco 4-m telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American observatory (CTIO).
A Survey of Low Mass and Substellar ObjectsMay 21, 2019
Kenneth McGuinness, a Post-Doctoral Associate with the ENIGMA team at Rutgers University, speaks with students at an educational evening at McKinely Community School in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Reaching Out to the Next Generation of AstrobiologistsMay 20, 2019
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
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