Tag: Planetary Sciences & Geobiology
November 10, 2016
A Funnel on Mars Could be a Place to Look for Alien Life
A strangely shaped depression on Mars could be a new place to look for signs of life on the Red Planet, according to a University…
Read MoreMay 26, 2016
Researchers Find Ice Age Record in Mars’ Polar Cap
Scientists using radar data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have found a record of the most recent Martian ice age in the planet’s north…
Read MoreMarch 31, 2016
Mile-High Mars Mounds Built by Wind and Climate Change
New research has found that wind carved massive mounds of more than a mile high on Mars over billions of years. Their location helps…
Read MoreJuly 14, 2015
From the Forty Acres to Pluto: Longhorns in Space
Astronomers, scientists and those who dream of space are all eagerly watching as a NASA spacecraft flies three billion miles from Earth near the edges…
Read MoreJune 1, 2015
Radar Techniques Used in Antarctica Will Scour Europa for Life-Supporting Environments
When a NASA spacecraft sets off to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to look for the ingredients of life, radar equipment designed to pierce the…
Read MoreOctober 22, 2014
Life on Mars
Gary Kocurek, professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the Jackson School of Geosciences, was part of the team that reported two new findings…
Read MoreOctober 22, 2014
Looking for Life
In a finding relevant to the search for life in our solar system, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics, the…
Read MoreDecember 3, 2013
Model Suggests Ocean Currents Shape Europa’s Icy Shell in Ways Critical for Potential Habitats
AUSTIN, Texas — In a finding of relevance to the search for life in our solar system, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s…
Read MoreSeptember 26, 2013
Sediments in Gale Crater Similar to Deposits at Two Other Sites on Mars
Scientists using instruments on the Mars rover Curiosity have determined that a deposit of wind-blown sand and dust in Gale Crater is chemically and mineralogically…
Read MoreAugust 7, 2013
For the first time scientists have mapped out a Europa lander mission
SciGuy Blog (Houston Chronicle), August 7, 2013 & Austin American-Statesman, September 8, 2013 Featuring: Don Blankenship For the first time scientists have done a complete…
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