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Apply for the Exploration Science Summer Intern ProgramDec. 12, 2019
The outer planets of the Solar System.
Early Career Support for OPAG MeetingDec. 11, 2019
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Request for Information: Research that Falls in a Gap Between Current SMD SolicitationsDec. 10, 2019
This is an artist's illustration of a plume of water vapor being ejected off the frigid, icy surface of the Jovian moon Europa.
Icy Moons and Their PlumesDec. 10, 2019
A new study shows that changes in the oxygen content at the ocean's surface may have led to an extinction event at the end of the Triassic.
Reactions for Life at the Ocean SurfaceDec. 9, 2019
Artist illustration of the early Earth.
Regulating the Flood: Deliquescence in Prebiotic EnvironmentsDec. 5, 2019
An artist’s impression of a ‘snowball Earth’.
Sustaining Aerobic Eukaryotes on Snowball EarthDec. 4, 2019
Strong irradiation from the host star can cause planets known as mini-Neptunes in the habitable zone to shed their gaseous envelopes and become potentially habitable worlds.
To the Core of Sub-NeptunesDec. 3, 2019
The Soudan Iron-Formation is a Neoarchean-aged banded iron formation (BIF) unit in the Vermilion Greenstone Belt of northeastern Minnesota, USA.
Depleted Organic Matter in BIFsNov. 29, 2019
After a lecture in Washington, an incarcerated woman has a burning question.
All Learners Matter: Astrobiology for the IncarceratedNov. 26, 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.
Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (ICAR)Nov. 25, 2019
WHOI’s Nereid Under Ice (NUI) submersible being lowered into the water.
Exploring the Aurora Hydrothermal Vent FieldNov. 23, 2019
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