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Radio Interview with Dr. Antigona Segura
(27 November 2010)
Spanish language discussions on astrobiology with Dr. Antigona Segura (UNAM) available here:
http://www.nucleares.unam.mx/~antigona/Antisitio/egoteca.htm
The Star that ate a Mars
Image:Illustration by Lynette Cook
(18 July 2009)
Astronomers study white dwarf pollution for clues to extrasolar planet ingredietns Sciences News article with a quote from Dr. Victoria Meadows.
Orbiting Carbon Lab to Provide Missing Climate Data
Image:NASA/JPL
(12 February 2009)
Dr. David Crisp explains the Orbiting Carbon Lab project in Wired Science article.
Some Earth-like Worlds May Have Foliage of Colors Other Than Green
(11 April 2007)
PASADENA, Calif.-In the next decade, when scientists are able to study Earth-sized worlds around other stars, they may find
that foliage on some of the planets is predominantly yellow-or orange, or red. It all depends on the color of the star the
planet orbits and the stuff that makes up the planet's atmosphere.
That's the conclusion of researchers from the Virtual Planetary Laboratory, a NASA-funded initiative at the California Institute
of Technology, who are announcing today results from a series of comprehensive computer models for guiding the future search for
plant life on other worlds. Two related papers on what to expect out of photosynthesis are being issued in the journal Astrobiology
( "Astrobiology Special Issue on M Stars" )
The authors of the two papers are Nancy Kiang, a biometeorologist at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and currently a
visitor at Caltech's Spitzer Science Center, Vikki Meadows, an astrobiologist at Caltech's Spitzer Science Center and lead scientist
of the Virtual Planetary Laboratory, Antigona Segura-Peralta, Giovanna Tinetti, Martin Cohen, Janet Siefert,
and David Crisp, all of the Virtual Planetary Laboratory, Govindjee, of the University of Illinois,
and Robert Blankenship, of Washington University.
Images are courtesy of Caltech: Fuchsia Foliage with River by Tim Pyle and Purple Palm Trees by Doug Cummings
Press Release pdf Files: Caltech Press Release NASA Press Release
Press Release Links: Reuters Scientific American News
Discovery Channel News Fox News
Summary of Research: NASA-GISS
Astrobiology 101
(October 2006 )
VPL team members participated in the construction of this 80 page guide to astrobiology. It offers quick and easy basics on
the various disciplines involved in the field.
The Astrobiology Primer (available here) has just been published in the Journal
Astrobiology, and is also available directly from the publisher for free (see link below).
Mix, L.J., Armstrong, J.C., Mandell, A.M., Mosier, A.C., Raymond, J., Raymond, S.N., Stewart, F.J., von Braun, K., and
Zhaxybayeva, O. (eds.), Billings, L, Cameron, V., Claire, M., Dick, G.J., Domagal-Goldman, S.D., Javaux, E.J.,
Johnson, O.J., Laws, C., Race, M.S., Rask, J., Rummel, J.D., Schelble, R.T., and Vance, S. (2006).
"The Astrobiology Primer: An Outline of General Knowledge?Version 1, 2006." Astrobiology, 6(5): 735-813
Scientists Look to Moon for Signs of Early Earth Life
(17 May 2006)
VPL team member, John Armstrong, is interviewed on National Public Radio.
Click Here to listen to broadcast.
Mexican Lakes May Hold Clues to Alien Life
(4 April 2005 )
Dr. Victoria Meadows, VPL Co-I Janet Siefert (Rice University) and
VPL collaborator Brad Bebout (NASA Ames)
are interviewed for an
MSNBC News article
on the study of the chemistry of primitive microbes and how this
can help NASA identify the unique atmospheric conditions created by primitive life on planets.
First Detection of Oxygen and Carbon on an Extrasolar Planet
(27 January 2004 )
VPL team member Dr. Chris Parkinson was on the team that discovered oxygen
and carbon on a planet orbiting another star, as covered in this
BBC News
article.
The Mars Connection
(15 January 2004 )
Dr. Victoria Meadows and Dr. David Crisp lend their expertise to this
Planet Quest article on the connection between the exploration
of Mars and the search for new worlds.
Dr. Meadows Interviewed for MSNBC article
(16 December 2003)
An interview with Dr. Victoria Meadows is featured on
MSNBC.
VPL Featured in NAI News Article
(15 January 2003)
The Virtual Planetary Laboratory is featured in an
article from NASA's Astrobiology Institute.
Dr. Meadows Interviewed
(10 December 2002)
An interview with Dr. Victoria Meadows is featured on
Space.com.
Article on VPL
(25 November 2002)
VPL's Dr. Victoria Meadows was interviewed for a
CNN.com article about the team's research.
VPL Makes News
(21 November 2002)
SpaceRef.com has run an
article
about the Virtual Planetary Laboratory.
VPL Featured in NASA/JPL News
(5 November 2002)
The Virtual Planetary Laboratory is featured in an
article
from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
News Feature on Dr. Meadows and the VPL
(4 July 2002)
The Sydney Morning Herald has run an
article
about the Virtual Planetary Laboratory.
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