News Briefs
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Cubesats for Europa
Nov 5, 2014NASA has selected 10 universities that will study how CubeSats could enhance the next mission to Europa.more... -
Life As We Know It, Now With a Date
Oct 31, 2014Did low oxygen stifle the evolution of Earth’s animals?more... -
ChemCam Sheds new Light on Yellowknife Bay
Oct 29, 2014New results from the Curiosity rover support theories that non-acidic water persisted in the Yellowknife Bay region on Mars.more... -
The Abundance of Water in Asteroid Fragments
Oct 24, 2014A new study provides insights about the abundance of water in fragments of asteroids.more... -
Pesquisa Mostra Oceanos Como Vitais Para a Possibilidade de Vida Alienígena
Oct 21, 2014Nova pesquisa publicada no jornal Astrobiology mostra o papel vital dos oceanos na moderação do clima em planetas semelhantes à Terra.more... -
Sean Solomon to Receive National Medal of Science
Oct 17, 2014Sean Solomon, former principal investigator for the NASA Astrobiology Institute team at the Carnegie Institution, has been selected to receive the National Medal of Science.more... -
Nigel Goldenfeld: Precisamos de uma Teoria da Vida
Oct 15, 2014Nesta 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).more... -
First Light at Mars
Oct 14, 2014How 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.more... -
New Science Teams for Astrobiology
Oct 8, 2014NASA 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.more... -
Porque Superfícies com Minerais Complexos Poderiam Ser Indicações de Vida
Oct 7, 2014Minerais 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.more... -
Ice Loss and Gravity Dips
Oct 3, 2014Data from an Earth-observing satellite has provided unexpected evidence that ice loss in Antarctica has had a noticeable effect on Earth's gravity.more... -
Vastos Oceanos Sob a Terra
Oct 1, 2014A 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.more... -
Life’s Wrinkles in the Sand
Sep 30, 2014A new study sheds light on how geological features known as wrinkle structures are formed. It involves a bed of sand, waves and microorganisms.more... -
Our Ocean’s Cosmic Origin
Sep 26, 2014At least some of Earth’s water is older than the Sun.more... -
MOM Arrives at Mars
Sep 24, 2014India's Mars Orbiter Mission has successfully entered orbit.more...
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