Exobiology

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News (UPI)

20 Aug 2008

Fay forces closing of Kennedy Space Center … ESA corrects Rosetta spacecraft trajectory … Evidence of century-long droughts found … Old bacteria relied on arsenic, not water ... Health/Science news from UPI.

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News (Moldova.org)

20 Aug 2008

Fay forces closing of Kennedy Space CenterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. space agency officials closed the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday for 24 hours because of the threat posed by Tropical Storm Fay.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Fay, which made landfall Tuesday morning along Florida's southwest coast, was forecast to produce heavy rainfall and possible ...

Old bacteria relied on arsenic, not water (Moldova.org)

19 Aug 2008

U.S. scientists say they have discovered ancient bacteria that relied on arsenic, rather than water, to grow during photosynthesis.The discovery, which the scientists said likely dates to a few billion years ago, came in research funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Exobiology Program and the U.S. Geological Survey.The finding is said to add an important dimension to the ...