Keith’s note: NASA JPL issued this release on Tuesday 27 January 2026: “NASAâs Juno Measures Thickness of Europaâs Ice Shell.” Juno is paving the way for a follow-on mission: Europa […]
Space Life Science
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Letter to the Community: The Future of Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG)
Keith’s note: on 23 January 2026 the co-chairs of the Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) sent this out to a wide distribution: Dear members of the OPAG community: “We are […]
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Astrobiology Away Team At Work In Antarctica
Keith’s note: Dale Andersen’s research team continues their astrobiology research at Lake Untersee, Antarctica: “Today, the sun made a welcome return and although the wind stayed brisk through much of […]
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Current / Former NASA Planetary Science Analysis Groups
Keith’s note: these are the current NASA Planetary Science Analysis Groups listed by NASA – just in case that page goes away (it happens a lot at NASA these days). […]
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Tricorder Tech For Everyone: NASA’s STELLA Open Science Instrument
Keith’s note: NASA has just authored a paper on a new way for people with a wide variety of interests to use – and build – sensor technology that is […]
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New Academy Report: Science On Mars
Keith’s note: according to a press release from the National Academies of Science “A new report “A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars“ from the National Academies of […]
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NASA Must Regain Its Mojo
Keith’s note: NASA’s budget is going to be slashed one way or another. Despite all the talk about making NASA more focused – or efficient – or “greater”, NASA science […]
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NASAWatch on DW: Biosignatures On Mars
Keith’s Note: I just spoke with Deutsche Welle about the NASA announcement of biosignatures on Mars [Audio]
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Likely Biosignatures Found On Mars
Keith’s note: I have been editing Astrobiology.com – @Astrobiology – for 30 years. I ran peer review panels for NASA Exobiology research before that. There have been a lot of […]
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NASA Chief of Staff Action Items
Keithâs note: according to this Reuters article: âNASA Chief of Staff Brian Hughes speaking at the same town hall, agreed, saying it would “probably be considered irresponsible” to wait for […]