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Executive Summary
Evolution of a Habitable Planet
Project Reports
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ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2Castleman Report
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1Evolution of a Habitable Planet (Brantley)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1Evolution of a Habitable Planet (Stewart)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 6.1Examination of the Microbial Diversity Found in Ice Cores (Brenchley)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1Ferry Report
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1Genomic Record of the Earth's Early Biosphere (Hedges)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3Genomics of sulfidic cave extremophiles (Supplement to NNA04CC06A)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.1, 5.3, 6.2Laboratory Microbial Simulations: Astrobiological Signatures
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.1Modeling Early Atmospheric Composition and Climate
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 4.1Molecular Signatures of Life on the Edge (DDF project)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.1PSARC (Sigurdsson report)
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2EPO Reports
Aliens from Other Worlds Guest Lectures at the Whitaker Center
Astrobiology Undergraduate Minor
Dual Title Ph.D. Program in Astrobiology
Evolution: How Important is it to a good science education? Science Workshop for Educators
Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomical Inquiry Science Workshop for Educators
Earths History: Interaction Between Life and the Environment Science Workshop for Educators
Penn State Upward Bound Math & Science (UBMS) program, part of the Summer Experience in the Eberly College of Science (SEECoS)
Astrobiology Public Outreach Penn State Astrobiology Research Center
Astrobiology Science Conference
Project Reports
Organized by Astrobiology Roadmap Objective
- Objective 1.1: Models of formation and evolution of habitable planets (3 reports)
- Objective 1.2: Indirect and direct astronomical observations of extrasolar habitable planets (1 reports)
- Objective 2.1: Mars exploration (3 reports)
- Objective 3.3: Origins of energy transduction (1 reports)
- Objective 4.1: Earth's early biosphere (7 reports)
- Objective 4.2: Foundations of complex life (2 reports)
- Objective 4.3: Effects of extraterrestrial events upon the biosphere (1 reports)
- Objective 5.1: Environment-dependent, molecular evolution in microorganisms (5 reports)
- Objective 5.2: Co-evolution of microbial communities (3 reports)
- Objective 5.3: Biochemical adaptation to extreme environments (4 reports)
- Objective 6.1: Environmental changes and the cycling of elements by the biota, communities, and ecosystems (4 reports)
- Objective 6.2: Adaptation and evolution of life beyond Earth (2 reports)
- Objective 7.1: Biosignatures to be sought in Solar System materials (4 reports)
- Objective 7.2: Biosignatures to be sought in nearby planetary systems (1 reports)
Goal 1: Understand the nature and distribution of habitable environments in the Universe
Goal 2: Explore for past or present habitable environments, prebiotic chemistry and signs of life elsewhere in our Solar System
Goal 3: Understand how life originates from cosmic and planetary precursors
Goal 4: Understand how past life on Earth interacted with its changing planetary and Solar System environment
Goal 5: Understand the evolutionary mechanisms and environmental limits of life
Goal 6: Understand the principles that will shape the future of life, both on Earth and beyond
Goal 7: Determine how to recognize signatures of life on other worlds and on early Earth
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