Discovery Of Interstellar 1-cyanopyrene: A Four-ring Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon In TMC-1 astrobiology.com/2024/10/disc...#astrobiology#astrochemistry#astrogeology
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are thought to be the most abundant class of molecules in space, yet their interstellar lifecycle is poorly understood due to difficulties detecting individual ...
Astromaterials Data Archiving Announcement from the Astromaterials Data System astrobiology.com/2024/10/astr...#astrobiology#astrochemistry#astrogeology#meteorite#comet#asteroid
The Astromaterials Data System (Astromat) is the primary NASA-sponsored archive for laboratory analyses of returned samples
A 2-billion-year-old Rock Is Home To Living Microbes astrobiology.com/2024/10/a-2-...#astrobiology#astrochemistry#astrogeology#biosignature
Pockets of microbes have been found living within a sealed fracture in 2-billion-year-old rock.
Investigating The Stability of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids in Hydrated Magnesium Sulfate under UV Irradiation to Assist Detection of Organics on Mars astrobiology.com/2024/10/inve...#astrobiology#astrochemistry#astrogeology#Mars#biosignature
The Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) instrument onboard the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover detected so far some of the most intense fluore...
Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program (ANSMET) Report October 2024 astrobiology.com/2024/10/anta...#astrobiology#antarctica#astrochemistry#astrogeology#meteorite
ANSMET returned home from a short but successful field season: we recovered 208 meteorites in just over two weeks in our first return to Antarctica since the pandemic.
Detections Of Interstellar 2-cyanopyrene And 4-cyanopyrene In TMC-1 astrobiology.com/2024/10/dete...#astrobiology#astronomy#astrochemistry
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are among the most ubiquitous compounds in the universe
Volatile Composition Of The HD 169142 Disk And Its Embedded Planet astrobiology.com/2024/10/vola...#astrobiology#astronomy#telescope#exoplanet#astrochemistry
The composition of a planet's atmosphere is intricately linked to the chemical makeup of the protoplanetary disk in which it formed.
Estimating Atmospheric Wind Speeds From Gemini Planet Imager Adaptive Optic Telemetry astrobiology.com/2024/10/esti...#astrobiology#astronomy#telescope#exoplanet#astrochemistry
The Earth's atmosphere is comprised of turbulent layers that result in speckled and blurry images from ground-based visible and infrared observations.
Proposed Importance Of HOCO Chemistry: Inefficient Formation Of CO2 From CO And OH Reactions On Ice Dust astrobiology.com/2024/10/prop...#astrobiology#interstellar#astrochemistry#astronomy
With the advent of JWST ice observations, dedicated studies on the formation reactions of detected molecules are becoming increasingly important.