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Check out Dr. Rebecca Mickol's research on microbes that can survive Martian conditions! Dr. Mickol is a recent graduate of the Center for Space and Planetary Sciences.

Microbes Could Survive Thin Air of Mars - Astrobiology Magazine Extremely low atmospheric pressures not a game changer for life.

Our graduate student, Rebecca Mickol, was a guest on The Planetary Society's podcast. She talks about her research here at the Space Center, her advisor, Dr. Tim Kral, and the outreach group, SPACE Hogs. The segment starts at 8:30 and continues through 24:15. http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2017/0206-rebecca-mickol-microbes-mars.html

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The desire for a planetarium and science center in NWA! Lead by Space Center graduate Katherine Auld.

Northwest Arkansas group dreaming of science center An art museum and a children's museum have opened within the past several years in Northwest Arkansas. Could a planetarium and science center become the region's next big attraction?

Come join us for a lecture tonight by Dr. Dan Kennefick! There will be the chance to win a gift card to Einstein Brothers Bagels!

Awesome! Liquid, salty water on Mars! This paper features a previous Space Center student, Jennifer Hanley!!!

Spectral evidence for hydrated salts in recurring slope lineae on Mars : Nature Geoscience :... Transient streaks that appear seasonally on Martian slopes are consistent with brine flows, but evidence of water or salts has been lacking. Analysis of spectral data reveals hydrated salts associated with the streaks, confirming a briny origin.

Congrats Dr. Chevrier! Here's a peek into some new and exciting research going on in the Space Center!

Astrophysicists Receive NASA Grants for Venus, Mars, Titan Research | University of Arkansas Researchers will look at hydrological processes on Titan and Mars and study how surface compounds interact with Venus’ environment.

Our graduate student, Holly Farris, has been doing some neat science in Chile this summer!

Like Mars, Only Closer | Research Frontiers Blog, Field Notes Like Mars, Only Closer By: Bob Whitby July 21, 2015 No comments Astrophysics, Holly Farris, Life, Mars, Space and Planetary Sciences, W.M. Keck Laboratory, Water It’s not yet practical for Mars researchers to do their work on Mars. So University of Arkansas student Holly Farris did…

One of our graduate students!

Earth Organisms Survive Under Low-Pressure Martian Conditions | University of Arkansas A University of Arkansas graduate student presents her findings at the General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.

Research by Dr. Vincent Chevrier and alumnus Dr. Edgard Rivera-Valentin has been featured on the cover of Nature Geoscience! Congrats!

U of A Researcher and Alumnus Find Evidence of Briny Water on Mars | University of Arkansas While evidence supports existence of water, researchers say conditions on Mars today are probably too harsh to support life as we know it.

Members of the Space Center with Fred Haise and Jim Lovell (Apollo 13 astronauts) and Gene Kranz (flight director).