https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=did-nasas-curiosity-rover-find-signs-of-ancient-life-on-mars-an-astrobiologist-explains-how-we-determine-life
Key insight: <p>Study of extreme environments on Earth
#astrobiologist #curiosity #ancient #rover
The case for #uselessknowledge
#Astrobiologist Betül Kaçar on why the simple act of #askingquestions (without needing a reason) is one of the most powerful things a #human can do.
https://bigthink.com/the-well/the-case-for-useless-knowledge-asking-questions/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02451-0
https://theconversation.com/do-aliens-exist-we-studied-what-scientists-really-think-241505
…521 in #astrobiology responded, and we received 534 non-#astrobiologist responses. The results reveal that 86.6% of the surveyed astrobiologists responded either “agree” or “strongly agree” that it’s likely that #extraterrestriallife (of at least a basic kind) exists somewhere in the universe…
During February–June 2024 we conducted four surveys among researchers regarding the likely existence of basic, complex, and intelligent extraterrestrial life. Our results offer a snapshot of community opinion and reveal a significant degree of consensus that extraterrestrial life is likely to exist.
#Astrobiologist explores likelihood of #life originating on #Earth
#abiogenesis #origin_of_life #bayesian_analysis
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-astrobiologist-explores-likelihood-life-earth.html
Florida Tech astrobiologist Manasvi Lingam has asked life's biggest questions from a young age. Though he can't recall his exact queries, he says his interests were perfectly consistent with those of other children: dinosaurs and aliens.
📆 Nov. 14, 2022 #Artemis is most definitely not reducing the barriers to doing more in #space or on the #moon. The cost 💰 and time ⌛ spent on #SLS and #Orion have set the #SpaceProgram back.
Now that we are reducing 〽️ the #cost 💵 of #SpaceAccess, we should be able to have more relevant goals that are of greater interest to #society.
#Robotic 🤖 missions have always been much more #science-driven and more #efficient, by orders of magnitude, at returning #knowledge 👩🎓 for the investment. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/opinion/nasa-moon-artemis.html
Ms. Stirone is a space writer. Dr. Chiao is a former NASA #astronaut. Ms. Garver is a former deputy administrator of NASA. Dr. Grinspoon is an #astrobiologist
#ShannonStirone #LeroyChiao #LoriGarver #DavidGrinspoon #NASA
#Astrobiologist suggests we look for signs of #life from elsewhere in the #galaxy by studying #spacedust
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-astrobiologist-life-galaxy-space.html
Tomonori Totani, an astrobiologist with the University of Tokyo is proposing that the search for life beyond Earth be expanded to the study of space dust. In his paper published in the journal International Journal of Astrobiology, he suggests that space dust could be harboring signs of life blasted away from other planets by asteroid strikes.