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Erosion Of Iceberg A-23A Sparks A Surge Of Microscopic Life
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (495+ words) Iceberg A-23A has had a more eventful run than most of the large Antarctic icebergs that have calved from the continent's ice shelves in recent decades. Over its winding, forty-plus-year journey, the "megaberg" spent decades grounded in the Weddell Sea before…...
OSIRIS-REx Derived Sample Site Products Release
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (159+ words) This is the release of the OSIRIS-REx Derived Sample Site Products Bundle. This bundle contains detailed catalogs created during the Sample Site Selection Phase of the OSIRIS-REx mission. Each catalog features geospatial maps with comparative visualizations across all candidate sites....
Can Yeast Survive On Mars?
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (303+ words) Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is an indispensable ingredient in making bread, beer, and biotechnology products. But this humble organism also holds clues to something more cosmic " how life could survive in extraterrestrial conditions. In a new study, researchers in the…...
Ocean Worlds Working Group (OWWG) Draft Traceability Available For Community Comment
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (95+ words) Ocean Worlds Working Group (OWWG) Draft Traceability Available For Community Comment'astrobiology.com Ocean Worlds Working Group (OWWG) Draft Traceability Available For Community Comment The Ocean Worlds Working Group (OWWG) has released a draft traceability matrix that defines the OWWG's driving…...
NASA's Pandora SmallSat Mission: Simulated Modeling and Retrieval of Near-Infrared Exoplanet Transmission Spectra
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (344+ words) Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na'Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) " NASA's Pandora SmallSat Mission: Simulated Modeling and Retrieval of Near-Infrared Exoplanet Transmission Spectra…...
Long-period Magnetic Activity In The K Dwarf GJ 1137 And A New Super-Earth On A 9-day Orbit
3+ hour, 30+ min ago (349+ words) Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na'Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) " Long-period Magnetic Activity In The K Dwarf GJ 1137 And A New Super-Earth On…...
New Study Reveals Asynchronous Land–ocean Responses To Ancient Ocean Anoxia
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (344+ words) Earth experienced a period of intense, large-scale volcanism during the early Aptian. Around that time, it also experienced widespread ocean deoxygenation during the Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a (OAE1a) as well as the onset of a period of unusual stability in Earth's magnetic…...
Accretion Of Volatile Elements On Earth Without The Need Of A Late Veneer
3+ hour, 58+ min ago (192+ words) Accretion Of Volatile Elements On Earth Without The Need Of A Late Veneer'astrobiology.com Accretion Of Volatile Elements On Earth Without The Need Of A Late Veneer Volatile elements are essential for life development and planetary evolution. However, the timing…...
NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,190 6 March 2026 (Space Life Science Research Results)
3+ hour ago (453+ words) NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,190 6 March 2026 (Space Life Science Research Results)astrobiology.com NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,190 6 March 2026 (Space Life Science Research Results) The abstract in PubMed or at the publisher's site is linked when available and will open…...
Space Ionizing Radiation Triggers The Formation Of Peptides And Organophosphates On Olivine Surfaces
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (164+ words) Bioorganic molecules, such as amino acids, nucleobases, and sugars, are widely distributed in space. Here, we utilized the Chinese Space Station to carry out an investigation on the solid-state condensation reactions of these "prebiotic organic molecules" under the combined effects…...