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NASA Ames Research Center Job Opportunity: Branch Chief of Planetary Studies ResearchDec. 1, 2021
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Are Water Plumes Spraying from Europa? NASA’s Europa Clipper is on the CaseDec. 1, 2021
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Astro2020 Decadal Survey Now AvailableNov. 19, 2021
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New Video: Astrobiology in the Field: GreenlandNov. 18, 2021
Betül Kaçar, assistant professor of bacteriology, is pictured in her research lab in the Microbial Sciences Building at the UW–Madison on Oct. 21, 2021.
Betül Kaçar Awarded Stanley L. Miller Early Career AwardNov. 15, 2021
This artist impression shows the free-fall descent of the DAVINCI probe as it captures images and chemistry measurements of the deepest atmosphere of Venus for the first time.
Meet VMS – the briefcase-sized chemistry lab headed to Venus (NASA Goddard)Nov. 9, 2021
A view of a hydrothermal vent at the Main Endeavour Field on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, snapped from the submersible Alvin.
Life in the Extreme: Hydrothermal VentsNov. 5, 2021
Sara Walker, assistant professor at Arizona State University. Credit: BEYOND, ASU
Sara Walker Awarded Stanley L. Miller Early Career AwardNov. 4, 2021
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Multi-Year Study of Extremophiles in a Subsurface AquiferNov. 4, 2021
A group photo of participants at the all-virtual AbGradCon 2021.
AbGradCon 2021 Videos OnlineNov. 4, 2021
The Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS) and the Network for Life Detection (NfoLD) are NASA Research Coordination Networks (RCNs) supported by the NASA Astrobiology Program.
Astrobiology Community Responds to NASA Call for a New Framework in Life DetectionNov. 1, 2021
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Are We Alone in the Universe? NASA Calls for New Framework (NASA)Oct. 27, 2021
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