News, Research and Announcements for May 2007
31 May 2007
Art for E.T.'s sake
Building a habitable Earth
Mars' gooey core is freezing
Space-inspired garden takes top prize at UK's Chelsea Flower Show
The Drake Equation is obsolete
29 May 2007
Fungi thrive on dangerous radiation
Surface samples key to understanding Mars astrobiology
28 May 2007
Containing ET (Interview with Cassie Conley, part 2)
25 May 2007
Analysis reveals extent of DNA repair army
24 May 2007
Forecasting Earth-like worlds
23 May 2007
Coasts and drowned mountains on Titan
Ionizing radiation changes the electronic properties of melanin and enhances the growth of melanized fungi
Texas astronomers discover multi-planet system around unexpected star; may alter theories of planet formation
UGA study reveals function of ubiquitous yet poorly understood microorganisms: discovery of ecological and metabolic roles of archaea in hot springs may shed light on early evolution
22 May 2007
Unwanted life forms abound in sick spacecraft
21 May 2007
Father of "origin of life" chemistry at UC San Diego dies
Keeping it clean (Interview with Cassie Conley, part 1)
Mars rover Spirit unearths surprise evidence of wetter past
18 May 2007
Frictional heating explains plumes on Enceladus
17 May 2007
Life's slimy beginnings
Planet of promise: small, rocky world could harbor life
15 May 2007
An experimental test of evolutionary trade-offs during temperature adaptation
Functional information and the emergence of biocomplexity
14 May 2007
NASA-funded robotic sub makes final dive to reach bottom of Earth's deepest sinkhole
Power in space: time for a biological solution
?
When galaxies collide, our solar system will go for a ride
12 May 2007
Mapping an alien world
11 May 2007
Preventing "sick" spaceships
10 May 2007
A family expedition to the red planet
Cassini spacecraft reveals evidence of tholin formation at high altitudes in Titan's atmosphere
E. O. Wilson thinks panspermia is likely
Mission could seek out Spock's home planet
New petroleum-degrading bacteria found at Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles
Political barriers hinder education of future scientists
STONEs in space
The Phoenix has landed: Mars probe airlifted to KSC from Colorado
9 May 2007
NASA selects new members of Astrobiology Institute
8 May 2007
Rover Spirit finds evidence of early martian volcanic activity at Home Plate plateau – and further hints of a watery past
7 May 2007
Astrobiology Magazine, European Edition
: spotlight on France
The brightest supernova ever
4 May 2007
Astrobiology
, Vol. 7, No. 2
Methane blast
3 May 2007
COROT discovers its first exoplanet and catches scientists by surprise
Culture in the cosmos
Sharp views show ground ice on Mars is patchy and variable