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NASA: Mystery of Life’s Handedness Deepens - NASA
The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a NASA-funded discovery that RNA — a key molecule thought to haveWilliam Steigerwald (NASA)
NASA-Funded Study Examines Tidal Effects on Planet and Moon Interiors - NASA Science
NASA-supported scientists have developed a method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons, which will help interpret data from missions like NASA's Europa Clipper.science.nasa.gov
NASA’s New Edition of Graphic Novel Features Europa Clipper - NASA Science
NASA has released a new edition of Issue 4 of the Astrobiology Graphic History series. The issue now includes NASA's Europa Clipper mission.science.nasa.gov
NASA’s New Edition of Graphic Novel Features Europa Clipper - NASA Science
NASA has released a new edition of Issue 4 of the Astrobiology Graphic History series. The issue now includes NASA's Europa Clipper mission.science.nasa.gov
NASA’s Perseverance Captures ‘Googly Eye’ During Solar Eclipse - NASA
The tiny, potato-shaped moon Phobos, one of two Martian moons, cast a silhouette as it passed in front of the Sun, creating an eye in Mars’ sky.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Looks Back While Climbing Slippery Slope - NASA
On its way up the side of Jezero Crater, the agency’s latest Red Planet off-roader peers all the way back to its landing site and scopes the path ahead.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
Could Life Exist Below Mars Ice? NASA Study Proposes Possibilities - NASA
Researchers think meltwater beneath Martian ice could support microbial life.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
Journey to a Water World: NASA’s Europa Clipper Is Ready to Launch - NASA
Find details about the launch sequences for the orbiter, which is targeting an Oct. 14 liftoff on its mission to search for ingredients of life at Jupiter’sAnthony Greicius (NASA)
Can Life Exist on an Icy Moon? NASA’s Europa Clipper Aims to Find Out - NASA
With a spacecraft launching soon, the mission will try to answer the question of whether there are ingredients suitable for life in the ocean below Europa’sAnthony Greicius (NASA)
NASA: New Insights into How Mars Became Uninhabitable - NASA Science
NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life – with evidence for widespread liquid water on the surface – to a surface that is …science.nasa.gov
NASA: New Insights into How Mars Became Uninhabitable - NASA Science
NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life – with evidence for widespread liquid water on the surface – to a surface that is …science.nasa.gov
The Making of Our Alien Earth: The Undersea Volcanoes of Santorini, Greece - NASA Science
The following expedition marks the third installment of NASA Astrobiology’s fieldwork series, the newly rebranded Our Alien Earth, streaming on NASA+.science.nasa.gov
NASA Scientists on Why We Might Not Spot Solar Panel Technosignatures - NASA Science
Extraterrestial civilizations using solar power may be hard to find because they could have modest energy needs.science.nasa.gov
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Scientists Find Intriguing Mars Rock - NASA
The six-wheeled geologist found a fascinating rock that has some indications it may have hosted microbial life billions of years ago, but further research isAnthony Greicius (NASA)
NASA: Life Signs Could Survive Near Surfaces of Enceladus and Europa - NASA Science
If the oceans of these two icy moons support life, a NASA experiment suggests signatures of that life could survive just beneath the surface ice.science.nasa.gov
An Ancient Partnership: Co-Evolution of Earth Environments and Microbial LifeAn Ancient Partnership: - NASA Science
NASA-supported scientists have examined the long and intricately linked history of microbial life and the Earth's environment.science.nasa.gov
An Ancient Partnership: Co-Evolution of Earth Environments and Microbial LifeAn Ancient Partnership: - NASA Science
NASA-supported scientists have examined the long and intricately linked history of microbial life and the Earth's environment.science.nasa.gov
Here’s How AI Is Changing NASA’s Mars Rover Science - NASA
Artificial intelligence is helping scientists to identify minerals within rocks studied by the Perseverance rover.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample - NASA
Scientists have eagerly awaited the opportunity to dig into the 4.3-ounce (121.6-gram) pristine asteroid Bennu sample collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins,Rob Garner (NASA)
Why Scientists Are Intrigued by Air in NASA’s Mars Sample Tubes - NASA
Tucked away with each rock and soil sample collected by the agency’s Perseverance rover is a potential boon for atmospheric scientists.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
NASA Grant Brings Students at Underserved Institutions to the Stars - NASA
At the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, interns from Cal State LA are learning key skills studying the origins of life.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
NASA Puts Next-Gen Exoplanet-Imaging Technology to the Test - NASA
A cutting-edge tool to view planets outside our solar system has passed two key tests ahead of its launch as part of the agency’s Roman Space Telescope by 2027.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
NASA Study Finds Life-Sparking Energy Source and Molecule at Enceladus - NASA
A study zooms in on data that NASA’s Cassini gathered at Saturn’s icy moon and finds evidence of a key ingredient for life and a supercharged source of energyNaomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA: Some Icy Exoplanets May Have Habitable Oceans and Geysers - NASA
A NASA study expands the search for life beyond our solar system by indicating that 17 exoplanets (worlds outside our solar system) could have oceans ofWilliam Steigerwald (NASA)