Professor Kathy Campbell of University of Auckland and Chair of the Board of trustees for the New Zealand Astrobiology...
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NEW ZEALAND ASTROBIOLOGY NETWORK: We connect with life
Research projects by New Zealand scientists or that have New Zealand participation
New Zealand’s hot springs contribute to discovery of oldest evidence for life on land!
NZAN Science, featured, hot springs, Mars, Professor Kathy Campbell, University of Auckland, 1Life might have colonised land 580 million years earlier than previously thought - and this has also implications for...
Professor Anthony Poole awarded Marsden grant to unravel evolutionary origins of DNA
NZAN Science, featured, 1NZ scientists seek to unravel the evolutionary origins of DNA. Professor Anthony Poole from University of Auckland has been...
The next rover mission to Mars in 2020 to search for biosignatures — how New Zealand’s hot springs are helping NASA choose the next landing site
NZAN Media Team, 2020, field site, Mars, New Zealand, rover, 0A team, including Professor Kathy Campbell, attended a workshop sponsored by NASA and JPL on 8-10 February 2017 in...
Finding life on Mars with SOLID
I Haritina Mogoșanu, antibodies, planetary protection, rovers, SOLID, 0The Icebreaker Life mission - which will search for life on Mars - is due for review this September,...
Modelling Biospheric Energization
edbudding, astrobiology, biogenesis, biosphere, Earth, modelling, 0How do we define life – or, in fact, can it be defined? So far, we cannot...
Exploratory Science in New Zealand – Two Astrobiology Case Studies
Kathleen Campbell, astrobiology, exoplanets, Exploratory science, future prospects, hot spring deposits, life in extreme environments, MOA project, NZ environment, NZAI, 0We argue that, even though New Zealand is a small nation, our scientists cannot aim too high nor stretch...
New Zealand to participate in a mission to the Pavilion Lake astrobiology analogue site
ian, astrobiology, Ian Hawes, International Participation, NASA, Pavilion Lake, 0In June, Dr Ian Hawes, from Christchurch’s Canterbury University will be part of a team working at the Pavilion...
Final report released: Spaceward Bound New Zealand 2015
I Haritina Mogoșanu, astrobiology, culture, Mourea, NASA, New Zealand, RASNZ, Rotorua, 0In January 2015, the New Zealand Astrobiology Initiative (NZAI) organised an engaging, 6-day expedition for Kiwi educators and researchers,...