NASA Reveals Astrobiology Finding in Press Conference

Associated Press, Yahoo! News by Brad Sylvester | Dec. 2, 2010 (News Report)

ContributorNetwork - A NASA astrobiology team, this afternoon, released the details of the breakthrough astrobiology finding in a press conference broadcast over the web on NASA TV. The NASA press conference was first cryptically announced on Monday, saying only that the announcement related to the field of astrobiology and would affect the search for extraterrestrial life.. A team of NASA astrobiologists have discovered a novel form of life that is able ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Ellie Kesselman - Dec 2, 2010 - 4:20 PM PST
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 by Jessica Gold - Dec. 8, 2010

Having gone to the NASA space center in Houston, I find everything about it fascinating, especially when there are talks of finding life in outer space. I felt this article was written a little differently than most, being separated a little by new titles. But the article was very in-depth and had a lot of background information.

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