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    Cubesats for Europa

    Nov 5, 2014
    NASA has selected 10 universities that will study how CubeSats could enhance the next mission to Europa.
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    Life As We Know It, Now With a Date

    Oct 31, 2014
    Did low oxygen stifle the evolution of Earth’s animals?
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    ChemCam Sheds new Light on Yellowknife Bay

    Oct 29, 2014
    New results from the Curiosity rover support theories that non-acidic water persisted in the Yellowknife Bay region on Mars.
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    The Abundance of Water in Asteroid Fragments

    Oct 24, 2014
    A new study provides insights about the abundance of water in fragments of asteroids.
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    Pesquisa Mostra Oceanos Como Vitais Para a Possibilidade de Vida Alienígena

    Oct 21, 2014
    Nova pesquisa publicada no jornal Astrobiology mostra o papel vital dos oceanos na moderação do clima em planetas semelhantes à Terra.
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    Sean Solomon to Receive National Medal of Science

    Oct 17, 2014
    Sean Solomon, former principal investigator for the NASA Astrobiology Institute team at the Carnegie Institution, has been selected to receive the National Medal of Science.
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    Nigel Goldenfeld: Precisamos de uma Teoria da Vida

    Oct 15, 2014
    Nesta fascinante entrevista , Suzan Mazur do Huffington Post conversa com o Investigador Chefe do NASA Astrobiology Institute (Instituto de Astrobiologia da NASA) e da University of Illionois, Urbana-Campaign (Universidade de Illinois, em Urbana-Campaign).
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    First Light at Mars

    Oct 14, 2014
    How long does it take for a Mars mission to start sending back data once it's arrived at the red planet? For MAVEN, it was a matter of hours.
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    New Science Teams for Astrobiology

    Oct 8, 2014
    NASA has selected five teams to join the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI). The new recipients of five-year grants join seven currently active teams at the NAI.
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    Porque Superfícies com Minerais Complexos Poderiam Ser Indicações de Vida

    Oct 7, 2014
    Minerais são altamente abundantes na Terra e em outros planetas. Um ‘mineral’ é uma substância sólida que possui uma estrutura atômica cristalina e composição química bem definidas.
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    Ice Loss and Gravity Dips

    Oct 3, 2014
    Data from an Earth-observing satellite has provided unexpected evidence that ice loss in Antarctica has had a noticeable effect on Earth's gravity.
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    Vastos Oceanos Sob a Terra

    Oct 1, 2014
    A primeira amostra da história de rigngwoodita (ringwoodite) mineral pode indicar que vastos volumes de água estão aprisionados entre o manto superior e inferior da Terra.
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    Life’s Wrinkles in the Sand

    Sep 30, 2014
    A new study sheds light on how geological features known as wrinkle structures are formed. It involves a bed of sand, waves and microorganisms.
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    Our Ocean’s Cosmic Origin

    Sep 26, 2014
    At least some of Earth’s water is older than the Sun.
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    MOM Arrives at Mars

    Sep 24, 2014
    India's Mars Orbiter Mission has successfully entered orbit.
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