WASHINGTON — Auburn University hired Derek Tournear, former director of the Space Development Agency (SDA), as its inaugural director of space innovation, the university announced Sept. 8. Tournear led SDA,
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Astronomers have investigated the atmosphere and potential habitability of a famous “Goldilocks zone” planet using NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope(JWST). The planet in question is TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized rocky
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Prebiotic Chemistry on Early Earth – Grok via Astrobiology.com Chemical and geological processes on prebiotic Earth are believed to have resulted in the emergence of life through the increasing organization
An artist’s impression of the Earth-size exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e, depicted at the lower right, is silhouetted as it passes in front of its host star. Scientists call this event a transit.
In a landmark observation by a team of international researchers, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has, for the first time, clearly detected the auroras of Jupiter’s moon Callisto. This discovery completes the
Astrobiology Science Conference 2026 Submit a Session or Town Hall Proposal for the Astrobiology Science Conference 2026 Join the astrobiology community in Madison, Wisconsin, 17-22 May 2026 for AbSciCon26. AbSciCon26
The first interstellar object to visit the solar system may have been a fragment of an icy exoplanet, research suggests. When 1I/’Oumuamua was first spotted in 2017, astronomers quickly determined
The only way to create a sustainable program of exploring the moon and Mars with humans, beyond the initial flush of achievement, is by fully integrating science into our planning.
Remote, freezing, and wrapped in mystery, Antarctica was the last continent to be explored and remains one of the most difficult environments on Earth to access. Its landscape of endless
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