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The Evolution of Autonomous Systems for Planetary Cave Exploration: A Review

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The exploration of Subsurface Access Points (SAPs), such as lava tubes on the Moon and Mars, has gained significant interest due to their potential as stable environments shielded from surface radiation and temperature extremes. These sites are considered high‐value targets for detecting water and signs of ancient life, and assessing their ...
Sarah Swinton, Daniel Mitchell, Jamie Blanche, Euan McGookin, David Flynn   +4 more
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Astrobiology: Science Learning Activities for Afterschool [PDF]

, 2006
This product consists of eight astrobiology after-school activities, each of which may be completed in about one hour. The science of astrobiology is concerned with the question of whether or not life exists on other planets.

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Sampling, Mobility, and Anchoring in Small‐Body Sampling Robots: A Comprehensive Review

SmartBot, EarlyView.
Small‐body sampling robots are exploration systems that perform contact, sampling, and stable operations on microgravity bodies such as asteroids and comets. The authors review representative robot architectures and key technologies, focusing on the mechanisms, evolution, and coupling of sampling, mobility, and anchoring.
Yurui Shen, Yixin Zhu, Mingxia Bao, Ting Zhang, Jun Wu, Jingbin Hao, Dezheng Hua, Xinhua Liu   +7 more
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Early evolution of purple retinal pigments on Earth and implications for exoplanet biosignatures

, 2018
We propose that retinal-based phototrophy arose early in the evolution of life on Earth, profoundly impacting the development of photosynthesis and creating implications for the search for life beyond our planet.
DasSarma, Shiladitya, Schwieterman, Edward W.   +1 more
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Microbial Endolithic Community at Meteor Crater

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Postimpact recovery and evolution in response to climate changes produced a modern ecosystem at Meteor Crater dominated by a grassland and woodland of piñon and juniper, which has been used to evaluate floral and megafaunal consequences of impact cratering during the Phanerozoic Eon of complex life.
David A. Kring, Charles S. Cockell
wiley   +1 more source

Astrobiological Complexity with Probabilistic Cellular Automata

, 2012
Search for extraterrestrial life and intelligence constitutes one of the major endeavors in science, but has yet been quantitatively modeled only rarely and in a cursory and superficial fashion.
A Ilachinski, AA Pavlov, AH Knoll, AJ Wood, AR Wallace, B Carter, B Carter, B Vukotić, B Vukotić, Branislav Vukotić, BS Soares-Filho, C Adami, C Cotta, C Maccone, C Maccone, C Sagan, C Walters, CF Chyba, CG Langton, CH Bennett, CH Lineweaver, CH Lineweaver, CH Lineweaver, CS Cockell, CS Cockell, CS Cockell, D Grinspoon, DC Dennett, DH Forgan, DJ Asher, DJ Des Marais, DM Raup, DR Gies, DW McShea, EM Jones, EM Leitch, F Drake, FJ Dyson, G Gonzalez, G Grinstein, G Radick, GA Landis, GD Brin, GG Simpson, GV Levin, HJ Rocha-Pinto, HJ Rocha-Pinto, I Fry, J Binney, J Matese, J Pérez-Mercader, JA Ball, JJ Matese, K Sterelny, KS Carslaw, M Batty, M Gardner, MAC Perryman, MD Hill, Milan M. Ćirković, MJ Burchell, MJ Burchell, MJ Fogg, MJ Rees, MK Wallis, MK Wallis, MM Ćirković, MM Ćirković, MM Ćirković, MM Ćirković, N Duric, NK Petersen, NS Kardashev, P Bak, P Ward, PCW Davies, PMC Oliveira de, R Bjørk, R Dawkins, RA Carrigan, RA Freitas Jr, RD Smith, S Conway Morris, S Conway Morris, S Dick, S Hoya White, S Webb, S Wolfram, S Wolfram, SG Wallenhorst, SJ Dick, SJ Gould, SJ Gould, SJ Gould, SVM Clube, V Clube, W Borkowski, WI Newman, WM Napier, WM Napier   +99 more
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Philosophical Aspects of Astrobiology Revisited

Philosophies, 2021
Given the idea that Life as we know it is nothing but a special form of a generically underlying dynamical structure within the physical Universe, we try to introduce a concept of Life that is not only derived from first principles of fundamental physics,
Rainer E. Zimmermann
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Magnetic properties of geraisites, the first tektite strewn field identified in Brazil

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Geraisites are a newly recognized class of tektite from Brazil. They occur as centimeter‐sized, elongated to subspherical bodies scattered across surface gravel and shallow subsurface layers within a ~90‐km‐long strewn field extending between the municipalities of São João do Paraíso and Curral de Dentro, near the border between the states of ...
Melissa De Andrade Nunes, Ricardo I. F. Trindade, João Pedro Rodriguez Pinto, Alvaro P. Crósta, Gabriel G. Silva, Ludovic Ferrière, Camila R. Sales, Giovanna M. Tosi   +7 more
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Microbially generated ferruginous crusts: A potential biosignature of continental input in coastal settings

Sedimentology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Thin ferruginous sandy crusts are common on top of sandstone beds in the Early Permian post‐glacial deposits of the Paraná Basin in southern Brazil. These crusts usually preserve wrinkle structures, suggesting that they might be a product of microbial mediation.
Patrícia Weschenfelder, Renata Guimarães Netto, Alisson Klayton Martins   +2 more
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From Cosmos to Intelligent Life: The Four Ages of Astrobiology

, 2012
The history of life on Earth and in other potential life-bearing planetary platforms is deeply linked to the history of the universe. Since life as we know it relies on chemical elements forged in dying heavy stars, the universe needs to be old enough ...
Abel, Arrhenius, Bonner, Fenchel, Fitz, Gleiser, Kaltenegger, Lunine, Marcelo Gleiser, Oparin, Prigogine, Salama, Smoot, Susskind, Susskind, Ward, Webb, Weinberg   +17 more
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