Adam Stevens, a researcher at the University of Edinburgh and the UK Centre for Astrobiology said methane may be produced by other processes but th
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The duo wrote in a study published in Astrobiology: “Each of these characteristics is reminiscent of responses by a compendium of terrestrial micro
It is part of the ExoMars astrobiology mission, which also put a satellite into orbit around the Red Planet Wednesday.
Two US scientists writing in the journal Astrobiology argue that the Viking probe may have found genuine evidence of life, despite many experts dis
ExoMars is an astrobiology mission co-launched with European Space Agency (ESA) and Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).
An article published in the scientific journal Astrobiology has re-examined the findings of the 1976 experiment known as the Viking Labeled Release
The prospects for the habitability of M-dwarf planets have long been debated, due to key differences between the unique stellar and planetary envir
Becky Chambers was raised in California as the progeny of an astrobiology educator, an aerospace engineer, and an Apollo-era rocket scientist.
The Arecibo Observatory Space Academy (AOSA), started in 2013, is a pre-college semester-long program aimed at deepening the scientific interest an
MAVEN, for all its benefits to weather studies, was originally pitched as an astrobiology mission.
New Rochelle, Oct.
The existence of microbial life on Mars remains highly controversial, but recent evidence of water, complex organic molecules, and methane in the M
In an article published to the journal Astrobiology, experts from Arizona State University, Tempe, and the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
ExoMars is an astrobiology mission co-launched with European Space Agency (ESA) and Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).
At NASA, he guided the redesign and launched the International Space Station, initiated bold robotic exploration of Mars, formed the Astrobiology I
ExoMars(Exobiology on Mars) is a two-part Martian astrobiology life searching project and joint mission of the European Space Agency(ESA) and Russi
Deep cave systems might also host subterranean aquifers, Karunatillake said.
Before the Curiosity rover landed on Mars, NASA’s “follow the water”maxim had already delivered results that suggested a watery past and just maybe
How deadly would a nearby gamma ray burst be? The original paper in Astrobiology is locked, but this summary is pretty complete.
Recognizing whether a planet can support life is a primary goal of future exoplanet spectral characterization missions, but past research on habita
The Eisenhower Fellowships Association of Sri Lanka is collaborating with the Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology to bring to the Sri Lankan publ
Two scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) who are members of the NASA Astrobiology Program have been honored as 2016 Mac
Scientists thought they knew why, but a new modeling study from the Alternative Earths team of the NASA Astrobiology Institute has fired the lead a
Exomars is an astrobiology mission that has been created to look for signs of biological and geological activities on Mars.
A comet strike may have triggered the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a rapid warming of the Earth caused by an accumulation of atmospheri
a professor of planetary science and astrobiology, and others. Above: A map of the Moon produced by China's Chang'e-1 orbiter (CAS).
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Adam Stevens, a researcher at the University of Edinburgh and the UK Centre for Astrobiology, has worked on the science associated with the ExoMars
We analyze data from the Quarter 1-17 Data Release 24 (Q1--Q17 DR24) planet candidate catalog from NASA's Kepler mission, specifically compari
Life exists in a myriad of wondrous forms, but if you break any organism down to its most basic parts, it's all the same stuff: carbon atoms c
Their research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the NASA Astrobiology Program under the NASA/NSF Center for Chemical Evolutio
Dr. Luis Campos begins his tenure as the fourth Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology.
Pitts serves as the "Astrobiology Ambassador" for the NASA/MIRS/UNCF Special Program Corporation's Astrobiology Partnership Program.
Their research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the NASA Astrobiology Program under the NASA/NSF Center for Chemical Evolutio
This creates what is called ground-level ozone.
The recent discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet around Proxima Centauri has shined a spot light on slowly rotating fully convective M-stars.
a grant from the American Philosophical Society Lewis and Clark Fund, a NASA Exobiology grant, a NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship, and the Foundations
as measured extinction rates match with Thomas’s models.
ExoMars, an astrobiology mission designed to hunt for signs of geologic and biological activity on Mars, is on track to reach orbit on October 19th
However, a new modeling study from the Alternative Earths team of the NASA Astrobiology Institute has a different idea.
A team of astrobiology scientists discovered that, during the Earth's early times, greenhouse gas in the form of methane was not the one to pl
The Astrobiology Chair is a distinguished senior research position in residence at the Library of Congress for a period of up to twelve months.
Professor Lewis Dartnell, an astrobiology at the University of Westminster, who is designing laser eyes for the European Space Agency's own Ma
This lack of discovery of extraterrestrial life has long been used as a knock on the field of astrobiology and has sometimes been put forward as a
Miscommunication could be tragic, as in this old episode of The Twilight Zone: Dirk Schulze-Makuch is a professor of astrobiology at Washington Sta
Scientists thought they knew why, but a new modeling study from the Alternative Earths team of the NASA Astrobiology Institute has fired the lead a
Are we alone in the universe? Thanks to NASA's new brand of science-astrobiology-we're much more likely to find out.
Are we alone in the universe? Thanks to NASA's new brand of science--astrobiology--we're much more likely to find out.
Mary A. Voytek is a senior scientist. She is head of NASA's Astrobiology Program. She started Nexus for Exoplanet System Science.