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Seeing ExoPlanet Atmospheres From the Ground

Topic: Alien Life | 02/ 09/ 10

Studying molecules in the atmospheres of exoplanets used to be a task reserved for powerful, space-based telescopes. Now, astronomers have used a small, ground-based telescope to identify atmospheric organic molecules on a distant planet. The finding means ground-based telescopes could be used in the hunt for habitable planets.

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At the Astrobiology Science Conference on March 30, scientists and science fiction writers faced off... more

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It is sometimes said that the best form of advertising is education. But what products would our glo... more

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Members of the 2009 AMASE Expedition describe their work in the 'scientific playground' of Bockfjord... more

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Astrobiology Magazine is looking back over 2007, highlighting the Top 10 astrobiology stories of the... more

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Mars may have water underground but exactly where it is located is not known. An instrument on the M... more

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Night Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour
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Podcasts	08/18/08
	Is All Life Left-Handed? Host Simon Mitton interviews Axel Brandenburg, an astrobiologist at the NORDITA research facility at... more