Astrobiology Magazine

Astrobiology Magazine

[:es] Microbes go dark to stay warm in cooler climates [:]

Microbes are numerous at high latitudes and in some polar regions noticeably darken the terrain, so it is possible that they not only respond to climate change but also—through sheer […]
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[:es] Pair of Colliding Stars Spill Radioactive Molecules into Space [:]

Astronomers have made the first definitive detection of a radioactive molecule in interstellar space: a form, or isotopologue of aluminum monofluoride (26AlF). The new data – made with ALMA and […]
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[:es] Oxygen levels on early Earth rose and fell several times before the successful Great Oxidation Event [:]

Earth’s oxygen levels rose and fell more than once hundreds of millions of years before the planetwide success of the Great Oxidation Event about 2.4 billion years ago, new research […]
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[:es]Bacterial survival in salty antifreeze raises hope for life on Mars and icy moons [:]

New research by a trans-Atlantic team of scientists suggests that bacteria could survive in briny chemicals that exist on Mars, Enceladus, Europa, Pluto and possibly elsewhere.
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[:es]NASA Uses Earth as Laboratory to Study Distant Worlds [:]

The study of exoplanets — planets that lie outside our solar system — could help scientists answer big questions about our place in the universe, and whether life exists beyond […]
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[:es]A bacterium in an acidic, hot volcanic lake may hold clues to life on ancient Mars [:]

A group of microbes found in a highly acidic, hot, mineral-rich volcanic lake in Central America may give us clues about life on ancient Mars.
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[:es]Iron-rich minerals on Mars could contain life’s fatty acids[:]

A little stream in the south of England could guide the way towards finding evidence for ancient life on Mars, in the form of fatty acids preserved in an iron-rich […]
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[:es]Habitability of the young earth could boost the chances of life elsewhere [:]

The conditions on the early Earth have long been a mystery, but researchers from NASA and the University of Washington have now devised a way to account for the uncertain […]
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[:es]How small bodies are playing a big role in planetary science [:]

Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has ben visited by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft, and could receive another visit from a potential NASA mission called CAESAR.