astrobiology News


Mission Press Releases

  • Interstellar Journey of Life’s Building Block Phosphorus Unveiled
    University of Bern - Wednesday, January 15, 2020
    Posted on: 1/15/2020 10:14:21 PM PDT

  • Scientists use ancient marine fossils to unravel long-standing climate puzzle
    Cardiff University - Friday, January 10, 2020
    Posted on: 1/10/2020 4:48:55 PM PDT

  • 'Bilingual' molecule connects two basic codes for life
    Emory University - Friday, January 10, 2020
    Posted on: 1/10/2020 4:46:58 PM PDT

  • New Technique May Give Webb Telescope New Way to Identify Planets with Oxygen
    Universities Space Research Association - Wednesday, January 8, 2020
    Posted on: 1/8/2020 5:36:40 PM PDT

  • Scientists develop new method to detect oxygen on exoplanets Technique could speed search for life in outer space
    University of California-Riverside - Tuesday, January 7, 2020
    Posted on: 1/8/2020 12:43:08 AM PDT

  • Modern trees emerged earlier than previously believed, new research reveals
    Binghamton University - Thursday, December 19, 2019
    Posted on: 12/19/2019 4:21:26 PM PDT

  • Earth was stressed before dinosaur extinction
    Northwestern University - Thursday, December 12, 2019
    Posted on: 12/12/2019 4:07:03 PM PDT

  • Gender And Sexual Minorities in Astronomy Face Increased Risks of Harassment
    American Astronomical Society - Monday, December 9, 2019
    Posted on: 12/9/2019 6:16:28 PM PDT

  • The W. Garfield Weston Foundation awards Dr. Wayne Pollard with the Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research
    W. Garfield Weston Foundation - Thursday, December 5, 2019
    Posted on: 12/6/2019 2:41:17 AM PDT

  • Biophysics: Pattern formation on the cheap
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet - Tuesday, December 3, 2019
    Posted on: 12/3/2019 12:11:46 PM PDT

  • Margaret Race Named AAAS Fellow
    SETI Institute - Sunday, December 1, 2019
    Posted on: 12/1/2019 6:37:39 PM PDT

  • Sugar delivered to Earth from space - First evidence of bio-essential sugars in meteorites
    Tohoku University - Thursday, November 21, 2019
    Posted on: 11/21/2019 5:53:07 PM PDT

  • Two ocean studies look at microscopic diversity and activity across entire planet
    Cell Press - Thursday, November 14, 2019
    Posted on: 11/14/2019 3:59:43 PM PDT

  • 'Are we alone?' Study refines which exoplanets are potentially habitable
    Northwestern University - Thursday, November 14, 2019
    Posted on: 11/14/2019 3:57:56 PM PDT

  • A new spin on life's origin?
    University of Tokyo - Friday, November 1, 2019
    Posted on: 11/1/2019 4:03:40 PM PDT

  • NASA Administrator, Astronaut Candidate to Visit University of North Carolina
    NASA HQ - Wednesday, October 30, 2019
    Posted on: 10/30/2019 4:44:49 PM PDT

  • Breakthrough Listen to Collaborate with NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Team to Look for Signs of Advanced Extraterrestrial Life
    Breakthrough Initiatives - Wednesday, October 23, 2019
    Posted on: 10/23/2019 1:43:13 PM PDT

  • CSF Applauds NASA’s Planetary Protection Independent Review Board Report
    Commercial Spaceflight Federation - Friday, October 18, 2019
    Posted on: 10/18/2019 4:07:06 PM PDT

  • The moon determines when migratory birds head south
    - Thursday, October 17, 2019
    Posted on: 10/17/2019 7:38:35 PM PDT

  • An evolution in the understanding of evolution
    University of Virginia - Thursday, October 17, 2019
    Posted on: 10/17/2019 7:20:24 PM PDT

    		• Mission Status Releases

  • Mapping the cosmic journey of phosphorus with Rosetta and ALMA
    European Space Agency - January 16, 2020
    Posted on: 1/16/2020 3:44:01 PM PDT

  • ExoMars Rover completes environmental tests
    European Space Agency - January 16, 2020
    Posted on: 1/16/2020 3:40:37 PM PDT

  • Chemistry under EUV Irradiation of H2-CO-N2 Gas Mixtures: Implications for Photochemistry in the Outer CSE of Evolved Stars
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - January 6, 2020
    Posted on: 1/7/2020 1:49:59 AM PDT

  • 14N/15N isotopic ratio in CH3CN of Titan’s atmosphere measured with ALMA
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - January 6, 2020
    Posted on: 1/7/2020 1:48:44 AM PDT

  • A Native Hawaiian-led summary of the current impact of constructing the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - January 6, 2020
    Posted on: 1/7/2020 1:45:04 AM PDT

  • Earth-Like: An education & outreach tool for exploring the diversity of planets like our own
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - January 6, 2020
    Posted on: 1/7/2020 1:43:59 AM PDT

  • The First Habitable Zone Earth-sized Planet from TESS. I: Validation of the TOI-700 System
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - January 6, 2020
    Posted on: 1/7/2020 1:42:42 AM PDT

  • The First Habitable Zone Earth-Sized Planet From TESS II: Spitzer Confirms TOI-700 d
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - January 6, 2020
    Posted on: 1/7/2020 1:41:43 AM PDT

  • Dusty Iron in the Ancient Oceans
    NASA Astrobiology Institute - December 27, 2019
    Posted on: 12/27/2019 4:01:55 PM PDT

  • A Wrecking Ball in the HR 5183 System
    NASA Astrobiology Institute - December 27, 2019
    Posted on: 12/27/2019 4:01:13 PM PDT

  • New Method for Peptide Studies
    NASA Astrobiology Institute - December 27, 2019
    Posted on: 12/27/2019 4:00:26 PM PDT

  • Ocean Anoxia during a Biocrisis on the Ancient Earth
    NASA Astrobiology Institute - December 27, 2019
    Posted on: 12/27/2019 3:59:27 PM PDT

  • 2020 In Situ Science and Instrumentation Workshop for the Exploration of Europa and Ocean Worlds
    Planetary Exploration Newsletter - December 22, 2019
    Posted on: 12/22/2019 10:24:17 PM PDT

  • Early Career Scientist's Symposium In Astrobiology
    NASA Astrobiology Institute - December 22, 2019
    Posted on: 12/22/2019 5:18:47 PM PDT

  • Apply for the Exploration Science Summer Intern Program
    NASA Astrobiology Institute - December 18, 2019
    Posted on: 12/19/2019 12:34:33 AM PDT

  • NASA ROSES-19 Amendment 58: Release of final text for E.5 Applied Information Systems Research: Autonomous Robotics Research for Ocean Worlds
    NASA Science Mission Directorate - December 13, 2019
    Posted on: 12/13/2019 5:33:03 PM PDT

  • NASA ROSES-19 Amendment 56: Due Date Delay for C.24 Gravity/Radio Science Team Co-Investigators for the Europa Clipper Mission
    NASA HQ - December 10, 2019
    Posted on: 12/10/2019 10:27:39 PM PDT

  • Reactions for Life at the Ocean Surface
    NASA Astrobiology Institute - December 9, 2019
    Posted on: 12/9/2019 4:41:12 PM PDT

  • Regulating the Flood: Deliquescence in Prebiotic Environments
    NASA Astrobiology Institute - December 16, 2019
    Posted on: 12/9/2019 4:40:21 PM PDT

  • Sustaining Aerobic Eukaryotes on Snowball Earth
    NASA Astrobiology Institute - December 9, 2019
    Posted on: 12/9/2019 4:38:25 PM PDT

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