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Tag: astrobiology

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A crater on Mars may be a future landing site

Posted on September 13, 2018October 24, 2022 by Logan King

Here on Earth, scientists study layers of sediment like dirt and sand to better understand how rocks form. The same contextual clues…

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    Using Gas Bubbles in Lava to Predict Ancient Air Pressure

    Posted on May 24, 2018October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    What was the weather like in New York last week? You can look it up on weather.com. What was it like on March 7, 1953, in the pre-internet…

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      Can you teach an old gene new tricks?

      Posted on December 22, 2017October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

      Evolution explains how living things change over successive generations, giving rise to diversity. Across the evolutionary history of Earth,…

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        What Protects Exoplanets from Damaging Solar Flares?

        Posted on November 14, 2017October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        Thanks to NASA’s Kepler Mission, over one-thousand potentially habitable exoplanets have been discovered to-date, orbiting around their…

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          The Genetic Origins of the Water Bear, Earth’s Most Resilient Organism

          Posted on August 17, 2017October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

          No living organism can survive in the dead of space, right? The unlikely exception: water bears. Also known by their scientific name,…

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            What Makes a Universe Habitable?

            Posted on June 7, 2017October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

            If there are multiple universes, which of them are capable of harboring life and why? A physicist comes up with a number, and that number is…

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              What Could Have Created the Ancient Martian Rivers?

              Posted on May 29, 2017October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

              Water is essential for life. When searching for life in the universe, the first thing researchers do is “follow the water”. Mars is no…

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                Artist's impression of the planetary system around the red dwarf Gliese 581. Credit: ESO

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