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How to Live Long and Posper in Space

Topic: Extreme Life | 02/ 10/ 10

Lichens can live in some of Earth's most extreme environments, and now one has survived 18 months in Earth orbit while exposed to the space environment. The lichens were flown outside the European Columbus laboratory on the ISS as part of the Expose-E experiment.

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The media and others place a great deal of emphasis on the threat of asteroid and comet impacts. Is... more

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Since the remarkable landing of the Huygens probe on the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, th... more

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Far north in the arctic, the AMASE 2009 expedition team is collecting samples of unique life that in... more

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AM is highlighting the top 10 astrobiology stories of 2009. At number 2 is the announcement of the n... more

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A miniature detector, 1 million times more sensitive than the ones carried by Viking, will search fo... more

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Image of the day 02/10/10
Sakurajima Volcano with Lightning
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Podcasts	08/18/08
	Is All Life Left-Handed? Host Simon Mitton interviews Axel Brandenburg, an astrobiologist at the NORDITA research facility at... more