Lectures in Astrobiology: Vol I : Part 2: From Prebiotic Chemistry to the Origin of Life on Earth (Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics)
Space Ref (Free subscription) | yesterday
The NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) is organizing a session at AbSciCon 2010 on "Integrating Astrobiology Research Across and Beyond the Community."
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
Much of Earth s mineral wealth was deposited billions of years ago when chemical cycles on our planet were very different than today s. Recently, scientists used geochemical data from minerals to yiel
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
A new study that reconstructed ocean temperatures from millions of years ago could provide new insight into how the Earth responds to climate change.
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Photo by Bullneck The Catholic Church is shaking things up these days, huh? The same Church that silenced Galileo Galilei has acknowledged that aliens could maybe exist . Further, the Church says that xenomorphs might not require redemption through the blood of Jesus Christ. The Catholic Church is only talking astrobiology in theoretical terms right now, but what's preventing the Vatican from launching...
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
NASA and Microsoft have created the new Be a Martian Web site, which allows citizen scientists to participate in projects such as improving martian maps and assisting Mars science teams. Now the pub
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Scientists have unearthed the remains of five ancient crocodiles, including three newly named species. The finding provides new information about the evolutionary history of life on Earth.
The Mr Science Show (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Astrobiology is a fascinating and complex field of science. It is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe, and is a relatively new field of science incorporating astronomy, biology, geology, palaeontology, physics, mathematics and other disciplines. It is even more fascinating given that we have never actually discovered life anywhere else in the universe!...
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Astrobiology Magazine s climate blog, The Hot Zone, recently discussed how receding glaciers could have catastrophic consequences for Earth s climate. Increasing loss of glacial ice will lead to incr
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A proposed space mission that aims to measure dark energy could also detect planets that current surveys are unable to find.
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Astronomers have found that the extrasolar planet HAT-P-7b has a retrograde or highly tilted orbit. Studying such planets is important in understanding the diversity of planetary systems and assessing
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Features discovered in 3.4 billion-year-old rocks indicate that temperatures on early Earth may have been dramatically cooler than previously believed. The finding could have implications in understan
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
NASA s IceBite team will spend six weeks studying a place on Earth that resembles the Phoenix landing site on Mars. The place: a mile above sea level in Antarctica s McMurdo Dry Valleys. The ultimate
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Preliminary data from NASA s LCROSS mission indicates that water ice is present in a permanently shadowed lunar crater. LCROSS crashed into the Cabeus crater on October 9, creating a plume of material
Alien Life (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation . Here's today's news: g Stars - Astrophysicists at the University of Warwick and Kiel University have discovered two Earth-sized bodies with oxygen rich atmospheres - however there is a bit of a disappointing snag for anyone looking for a potential home for alien life, or...
Astrobiology Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
A census of 500 stars has successfully linked the lithium mystery observed in our sun to the presence of planetary systems. The study shows that sun-like stars with planetary systems lack lithium, a
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