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December 12, 2014

How Did Life Become Complex, And Could It Happen Beyond Earth?
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2014
When astrobiologists contemplate life on nearby planets or moons, they often suggest such life would be simple. Instead of there being some kind of multicellular organism on, say, Jupiter's moon Europa, scientists instead aim to find something more like a microbe. But from such simple life, more complex life forms could eventually come to be. That's what happened here on planet Earth, and that's what could happen in other locations as well. How did the chemistry evolve to get life to where we are ... read more

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				NASA Opens Cube Quest Challenge for Largest-Ever Prize of $5 Million Registration now is open for NASA's Cube Quest Challenge, the agency's first in-space competition that offers the agency's largest-ever prize purse. Competitors have a shot at a share of $5 mi ... more		Russia Preparing Joint Moon Exploration Agreement With EU Scientists from Russia and the European Union are preparing an agreement on joint exploration of the Moon, Lev Zelyony, director of the Space Research Institute at the Russian Academy of Sciences, s ... more

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After Mars, India space chief aims for the moon India now has its sights set on low-budget missions to the moon and the sun after becoming the first country in Asia to reach Mars, the head of its space agency said Tuesday. ... more		Cassini Sails into New Ocean Adventures on Titan NASA's Cassini mission continues its adventures in extraterrestrial oceanography with new findings about the hydrocarbon seas on Saturn's moon Titan. During a flyby in August, the spacecraft sounded ... more		China Exclusive: China developing Mars rover After successfully putting the "Jade Rabbit" lunar rover on the moon, Chinese space experts say the country's planned Mars vehicle will be larger, tougher and a better climber. On Tuesday, a r ... more		China publishes Earth, Moon photos taken by lunar orbiter China on Monday published photos of the Earth and Moon together taken by the orbiting service module of the country's returned unmanned lunar orbiter. The photos were taken Sunday by the servi ... more

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