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A prototype breadboard of the GEMM instrument.
A New Prototype for Studying Gene Expression in SpaceJuly 16, 2019
The 2019 AGU Fall Meeting will be held Dec 9-13, 2019, in San Francisco, California.
Submit Abstracts for the 2019 AGU Fall MeetingJuly 15, 2019
Drone view above Poás volcano.
Discovery of Microbial Activity in Carbon Sinking as a Gatekeeper of Earth's Deep CarbonJuly 15, 2019
The 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference will be held in Seattle, Washington, from June 24-28, 2019.
AbSciCon 2019 Talks Now on YouTubeJuly 13, 2019
Manish Patel and the NOMAD science team with a prototype of the ExoMars rover in the Mars Yard at ESTEC in the Netherlands.
Astrobiology Opportunities in BritainJuly 12, 2019
The Ediacaran Period lasts from the end of the Cryogenian Period (635 million years ago) to the start of the Cambrian Period (~541 million years ago). The Ediacaran is named after South Australia's Ediacara Hills.
A View to the Late EdiacaranJuly 11, 2019
Video screen capture of long-exposure photo of lightning strikes over water.
Key Early Steps for Origin of Life Occur under a Variety of ConditionsJuly 10, 2019
Data on comet 67P’s magnetic field from the Rosetta Plasma Consortium Fluxgate Magnetometer on board Rosetta (the top jagged line in the graph), and from the Rosetta Lander Magnetometer and Plasma Monitor on board the Philae probe (bottom line).
Magnetism of the Comet 67P/Churyumov–GerasimenkoJuly 10, 2019
Artist impression of a strand of DNA.
Information Storage and Retrieval in a Semi-Synthetic OrganismJuly 9, 2019
A view of the Dead Sea.
Genomes Reported for Two Extreme HalophilesJuly 8, 2019
Presidential Early Career Awards in Science and Engineering.
Astrobiologists Honored with Presidential Early Career AwardsJuly 5, 2019
Dragonfly Mission Overview Dragonfly mission concept of entry, descent, landing, surface operations, and flight at Titan.
NASA Announces Astrobiology Mission to TitanJune 28, 2019
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