NASA Astrobiology Magazine
How many technically advanced civilizations exist in our galaxy? With this essay by Steven Soter, Scientist-in-Residence in the Center for Ancient Studies at New York University, Astrobiology Magazine initiates the first in a series of 'Gedanken', or thought, experiments - musings by noted scientists on scientific mysteries in a series of "what if" scenarios.
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Your Audio Sky Tour: June 2008
This month you have a chance to see three or four bright planets in the sky. June download this podcast and listen! Host: Kelly Beatty. (5MB MP3 download: running time: 5m15s)
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Your Audio Sky Tour: May 2008
Here's an introduction to the wonders of May evening sky, which features appearances by Saturn, Mars, and the elusive planet Mercury. Host: Kelly Beatty. (6MB MP3 download: running time: 6m17s)
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Your Audio Sky Tour: April 2008
Here is an introduction to the wonders of January evening sky ??? Orion's last stand, Saturn and Mars, and plenty of springtime carnivores. Host: Kelly Beatty. (5MB MP3 download: running time: 5m46s)
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Your Audio Sky Tour: March 2008
Download this podcast to your MP3 player, and you'll be able to navigate the March evening sky like a seasoned stargazer. Find Mars, Saturn, Orion, the Twins of Gemini, and more. (6MB MP3 download: running time: 6m10s)
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Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008
Use this easy-to-follow guide to enjoy what's up in the February sky: Venus and Jupiter dancing in the dawn, Mars riding high among winter's evening stars, and a total lunar eclipse. Host: Kelly Beatty. (5MB MP3 download: running time: 5m21s)
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Your Audio Sky Tour: December 2007
Download this podcast to guide you to the wonders of December's evening sky ??? like Orion leaping up over the eastern horizon with gleaming Mars by his side. Host: Kelly Beatty. (7MB MP3 download: running time: 7m20s)
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Finding Comet Holmes
Finding Comet Holmes and other great sky sights is a snap if you download this podcast to your MP3 player and head outdoors after dark.
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Europe's plans for exploring the universe and expanding our knowledge of astrobiology
Host Simon Mitton unveils the science behind astrobiology in Part II of an in-depth interview with David Southwood, Director of Science for the European Space Agency
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Radio Astrobiology: Considering Convergence
Host Simon Mitton part I interview with Simon Conway Morris, a paleontologist renowned for his insights into early evolution
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Naked Astrobiology: Development of life and how manipulation of the environment eventually leads to...
Host Simon Mitton part II interview with Simon Conway Morris, a paleontologist renowned for his insights into early evolution
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MRO Lifts Off Into Space
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) launched this morning from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It will take seven months to reach Mars, arriving at the planet in March 2006.
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Moondust
Sending men to the Moon certainly changed the public perception of life on our own planet, thanks to the astronauts' photographs of the Earth looking like an illuminated blue marble suspended in the deep black emptiness of space.
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Triple A
One of the thousands of asteroids orbiting the sun has been found to have a mini planetary system of its own.
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A Comet's Only Cameraman
In recognition of those Mars Rover graphics in the PBS/NOVA program "Mars Dead or Alive," Maas just received an Emmy Award nomination. His next big project was to simulate the dramatic impact of a bullet-like probe with a icy comet for the recent mission, Deep Impact.
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Tulips on the Moon
In this essay, Bernard Foing ponders what steps will need to be taken to establish future human bases on the Moon. The Moon has one-sixth of Earth's gravity and no atmosphere, but the difficulties of living there could be eased by something as beautiful and delicate as a flower.
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The Ends of the Earth
Pamela Conrad, an astrobiologist with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has traveled to the ends of the Earth to study life. On June 16, 2005, Conrad gave a lecture entitled, "A Bipolar Year: What We Can Learn About Looking for Life on Other Planets by Working in Cold Deserts." In part 1 of this edi ...
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A Milky Way Bar Please
With the help of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have conducted the most comprehensive structural analysis of our galaxy and have found tantalizing new evidence that the Milky Way is much different from your ordinary spiral galaxy.
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2029 A Near Miss Odyssey
Scientists predict a near-miss when Asteroid 99942 Apophis passes Earth in 2029. An asteroid flies this close to the planet only once every 1,300 years. The chance to study it will help scientists deal with the object should it threaten collision with Earth.
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Proof of Life?
Conrad gave a lecture entitled, "A Bipolar Year: What We Can Learn About Looking for Life on Other Planets by Working in Cold Deserts." In part 2 of this edited transcript, Conrad describes how her work in cold deserts could aid the search for alien life.
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The Nuts and Bolts
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched on August 12, and when it arrives at Mars it will search for evidence of water in the martian atmosphere, surface, and subsurface. This orbiter also will provide detailed surveys of the planet, identifying any obstacles that could jeopardize the safety of fut ...
NASA Astrobiology Magazine
