Keith’s note: according to this notice: “Don DeVincenzi passed away peacefully on February 14, 2025 surrounded by his family.” Where do I start? Don was a fixture at NASA Ames […]
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Important Astrobiology News
Keith’s note: According to Asteroid Bennu Sample Reveals A Mix Of Lifeâs Ingredients from NASA: “Studies of rock and dust from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASAâs OSIRIS-REx (Origins, […]
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Dale Andersenâs Astrobiology Antarctic Status Reports
Keith’s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen is back in Antarctica â and Lake Untersee – for another field season of Astrobiology research. Daleâs work is coordinated through the SETI Institute. Weâll […]
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The Europa Clipper Astrobiology Expedition Is Underway
Keith’s note: Payload separation and telemetry AOS for the Europa Clipper Astrobiology expedition confirmed. Europa Clipper has begun its travels across the inner solar system for gravity assists and then […]
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There Are Immense Buried Oceans On Mars
“Using seismic activity to probe the interior of Mars, geophysicists have found evidence for a large underground reservoir of liquid water â enough to fill oceans on the planetâs surface. […]
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A Droid Found Some Possible Life Signs On Mars
Keith’s note: I will make this simple: did NASA find clear evidence of life on Mars? No. Did NASA find an interesting rock feature that might signal or indicate that […]
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Time Away With SETI In West Virginia
Keith’s note: On this day in 1997 the film “Contact” hit theaters etc. I wrote something in 1997 about a visit I made to West Virginia, Green Bank, hanging out […]
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NASA’s Astrobiology Program Ignores Its Own Graduate Conference
Keith’s note: The NASA Astrobiology Graduate Conference (AbGradCon) is underway from 11-13 June at Cornell University. Yet there is no mention of this event at the official NASA Astrobiology website […]
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NASA Is Reimagining Mars Sample Return
Keith’s note: With regard to Mars Sample Return, Bill Nelson said today that “$11 billion for Mars Sample Return and waiting until the 2040s to get a sample back are […]
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An Astrobiology Spinoff?
Keith’s note: Although NASA did not sponsor research wherein tardigrade proteins were tested in human cells to see if they work and possibly influence human metabolism – someone did -and […]