Congress: NASA must not only go to Europa, it must land, Ars Technica “NASA’s administrator, Charles Bolden, has accepted the Europa mission only grudgingly. When NASA didn’t ask for Europa […]
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Astrobiology Hearing Today
Hearing charter “This hearing will review the scientific methods employed to search for life, examine recent scientific discoveries in the field of astrobiology (the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, […]
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NSF's Confusing Stance On Accepting Financial Support
Search for Alien Life Ignites Battle over Giant Telescope, Scientific American “The foundation was and still is interested in partnering with Arecibo, Scientific American has learned. But according to Arecibo […]
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3 Reasons Why Its Is Time to Turbocharge SETI
Looking for extraterrestrials – The optimistic gamble, Economist “Mr Milner reckons there are three reasons why the moment is right to go big on SETI. One is that Kepler, a […]
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Active, Ancient Organic Chemistry on Mars
Curiosity Finds Active, Ancient Organic Chemistry on Mars “NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has measured a tenfold spike in methane, an organic chemical, in the atmosphere around it and detected other […]
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We Are Indeed Made of Starstuff
Earth’s Water Is Much Older Than the Sun, Carnegie Institution for Science “Our findings show that a significant fraction of our solar system’s water, the most-fundamental ingredient to fostering life, […]
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NASA PAO Promises To Answer Questions and Then Does Not
NASA Still Won’t Look For Existing Life on Mars (update), earlier post Keith’s 31 July note: I obviously expected Jim Green to answer in the same cautious way that NASA […]
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Simple Astrobiology Questions NASA Refuses to Answer
NASA Still Won’t Look For Existing Life on Mars (update), earlier post Keith’s 31 July note: I obviously expected Jim Green to answer in the same cautious way that NASA […]
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Russian Scientists Claim That Algae Lives On ISS Exterior (Update)
Sea creatures are discovered living on the exterior of the ISS, Daily Mail “Traces of plankton and other microorganisms have been found living on the exterior of the International Space […]
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NASA Astrobiology Institute PR Folks: Asleep Again
Leading Space Experts to Discuss the Search for Life Beyond Earth “NASA Television will air a panel discussion of leading science and engineering experts on Monday, July 14, from 2 […]