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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.

Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences (Official) updated their phone number.

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).

Great event coming up that is open to the public!

Apollo 13 Astronauts and Flight Director to Speak at U of A | University of Arkansas Lovell, Haise and Kranz will present a free lecture at 7 p.m. April 23 in Bud Walton Arena as part of student Distinguished Lecture Series

The University of Central Arkansas is having another virtual seminar today at 5:30 pm (central). The speaker is Dr. Brett Carter and he will be talking about space weather and it's impact on a technology-dependent society. Join the Google Hangout here: http://faculty.uca.edu/wvslaton/GHOSeminar.html

Google Hangout Seminars

This year and every year!

Record Number of Space and Planetary Science Students Represented at Conference | University of... A record number of University of Arkansas graduate students presented research at the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference held last month in The Woodlands, Texas.

Our very own Matt Sylvest conducted an internship at Open University last fall exploring the potential of CO2 ice to form gullies on Mars! Read more about it here!

Doctoral Candidate Explores Formation of Martian Gullies | Arkansas Newswire | University of... Matthew Sylvest, a doctoral candidate in space and planetary sciences at the University of Arkansas, is investigating whether dry ice plays a role in the formation of gullies on Mars.

If it's an article about Venus, it is sure to mention our very own Erika Kohler!

Heavy-Metal Frost May Coat Mountains On Venus A re-analysis of data gathered by a NASA spacecraft more than 20 years ago suggests that exotic heavy-metal frost may be present in the mountains and highlands of Venus.

If you can brave the cold tomorrow, some Space Center students will be on campus viewing the Leonid meteor shower!

Did you happen to see the news release on doctoral student Amira's research yesterday? Congrats Amira!

Doctoral Candidate Explores Martian Soil Composition | Arkansas Newswire | University of Arkansas Amira Elsenousy, University of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. ?