New Zealand Astrobiology Network is a charitable trust dedicated to encouraging, assisting, and promoting astrobiology in New Zealand. We also help provide access to programs in astrobiology education and outreach around the world. Our interdisciplinary approach to understanding the relationship between Earth system science, space exploration, and the future of humanity supports partnering with academic institutions and research agencies to advance education, research, understanding, and awareness of astrobiology and human space exploration and benefit to the community.
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- How to find 47 Tucanae January 22, 2018We’ve been really enjoying observing 47 Tucanae lately, so here’s a short video to help you find this wonderful globular cluster.@space_samuel
- Low cost to low orbit January 22, 2018The market for low cost access to space is heating up. This article looks at the aerospike engine and how that might influence low cost space launches.@space_samuel
- NGC 4833, globular cluster in Musca January 21, 2018The short video will show how o find the globular cluster NGC 4833@space_samuel
- How to find Omega Centauri January 21, 2018This is a short video on how to find Omega Centauri.@space_samuel
- A new hope….. January 21, 2018A commentary on how science is being combated by the crazy ideas that are allowed to be given media attention an how we might encourage society to get back to understanding scientific method and applying it.@space_samuel
Professor Anthony Poole awarded Marsden grant to unravel evolutionary origins of DNA
NZ scientists seek to unravel the evolutionary origins of DNA. Professor Anthony Poole from University of Auckland has been...
New Zealand scientist advances new theory on how life could have started on Earth
A new theory that addresses how life arose on Earth, proposes that it originated in an intimate partnership between...
New Zealand’s hot springs contribute to discovery of oldest evidence for life on land!
Life might have colonised land 580 million years earlier than previously thought - and this has also implications for...
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- Managing Mars: Who Has a Right To It’s Resources? December 23, 2017By Spandan Dash BMSIS Young Scientist Program Humans have long been fascinated by the huge Cosmos above us. Perhaps this fascination has been best put to words by...Sciworthy Staff
- Can You Teach an Old Gene New Tricks? December 23, 2017By Grishma Gupte BMSIS Young Scientist Program Evolution explains how living things change over successive generations, giving rise to diversity. Across the evolutionary history of Earth, the formation,...Sciworthy Staff
- What Protects Exoplanets from Damaging Solar Flares? November 14, 2017By Alexander Adranly Thanks to NASA’s Kepler Mission, over one-thousand potentially habitable exoplanets have been discovered to-date, orbiting around their respective stars. An exoplanet refers to any planet...Sciworthy Staff
- Life May Be Even Older Than We Thought! November 2, 2017How long has life been around on Earth? Is life an inevitable part of planet formation? The second question is tough to answer, but if life formed soon...Sanjoy Som
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- Afshin Khan & SustainSpace Win Overall Prize at ESA ContestBMSIS scientist Dr. Afshin Khan, along with her team member Mark Ciotola, was selected as the overall winner for the 2017 Space Exploration Masters competition. The contest was initiated by the European Space Agency (ESA) as well as other government and private space organizations. The team’s project was titled “Plant germination during spaceflight to test […]haqqmisra
- Virtual Outreach with New Horizon Elementary SchoolBMSIS Young Scientist Shaelyn Silverman led an outreach event at New Horizon Elementary School in Irvine, California. On September 29th, 2017 I had the privilege of leading a virtual outreach event for a 3rd grade class of New Horizon Elementary School, located in Irvine, CA. Through FaceTime I gave the students a tour of the […]haqqmisra
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Blog – Asteroid Day
- Chasing ‘Oumuamua—unfortunately human technology isn’t up to the task November 22, 2017 asteroidday
- Solar System’s First Interstellar Visitor Dazzles Scientists November 21, 2017 asteroidday
- How would you propose to survey and track all NEO of the size of Tunguska? November 20, 2017 Rusty Schweickart
- Will asteroid Apophis hit Earth in 2036? NO! And here is why. November 20, 2017 asteroidday
- Meteor Fireball, Bright as 100 Moons, Lights Up Arctic Sky November 19, 2017 asteroidday
