Danny Glavin

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers.

The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇

NASA Mars rover finds new clues pointing to past life on Mars Scientists may be one step closer in their hunt for signs of past life on Mars after the Curiosity rover's latest find.

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NASA Study: Non-biologic Processes Don’t Fully Explain Mars Organics - NASA Science In a new study, researchers say that non-biological sources they considered could not fully account for the abundance of organic compounds in a sample

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This asteroid is spilling secrets about the origin of life on Earth Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo missions—and they’re shaking up the search for life beyond Earth.

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Asteroids: Spark of Life? What if violent asteroid impacts actually jump-started life on Earth? Explore a dramatic theory.

This should be an interesting NOVA PBS episode about asteroids and the origin of life premiering on January 21. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...

Moment of Science: “Bioessential sugars” found in asteroid samples A distant discovery that's as sweet as can be! Here's the new evidence for "bioessential sugars" contained in asteroids, courtesy of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. 🪨🛰️

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Mark Kelly Says This 'Exciting' Scientific Find Raises Questions Of Life Beyond Earth NASA said the discovery shows such "building blocks" of life are "widespread throughout the solar system."

Thank you @captmarkkelly.bsky.social for sharing your excitement about the recent results from NASA's OSIRIS-Rex asteroid sample return mission! We are rewriting the textbooks on asteroid science and our understanding of the possibility of life elsewhere.

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Bio-Essential Sugars Discovered in Samples from Asteroid Bennu YouTube video by NASA Video

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Sugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found in NASA's Asteroid Bennu Samples - NASA The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists’ biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As

Exciting new results from asteroid Bennu published today in Nature including new clues about the origin of the chemical building blocks of life! www.nasa.gov/missions/osi...

Bio-essential sugars in samples from asteroid Bennu - Nature Geoscience Samples returned from asteroid Bennu contain bio-essential sugars such as ribose and glucose that may have formed in the parent asteroid from brines containing formaldehyde, according to a geochemical...

Another major scientific discovery from asteroid Bennu samples returned by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission published today in Nature Geoscience. And this one is particularly sweet!
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Scientists find evidence that an asteroid contains tryptophan | CNN An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.

A gift that keeps on giving! One step closer to understanding how the chemical building blocks of life were formed in space. Congratulations to Angel Mojarro and the entire OSIRIS-REx team for making this discovery possible! www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/s...

Prebiotic organic compounds in samples of asteroid Bennu indicate heterogeneous aqueous alteration | PNAS NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission characterized the asteroid Bennu and delivered pristine samples of its regolith to Earth. Coordinated analyses of this pr...

Check out these exciting new results from asteroid Bennu samples published in PNAS today by Angel Mojarro, a member of the Astrobiology Analytical Lab at NASA Goddard! Prebiotic organic compounds in samples of asteroid Bennu indicate heterogeneous aqueous alteration www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

NASA to Share Comet 3I/ATLAS Images From Spacecraft, Telescopes - NASA NASA will host a live event at 3 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Nov. 19, to share imagery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS collected by a number of the agency’s

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For anyone studying organics in extraterrestrial samples, consider submitting an abstract to the session I am co-convening at AbSciCon. The conference will be in Madison, WI on May 17-22, 2026. Submission deadline: January 14. For more details, visit the session link: agu.confex.com/agu/abscicon...

Behind The Wings | Unlocking Asteroid Secrets | Season 7 | Episode 4 Explore how NASA's OSIRIS-Rex may change our understanding of our place in the universe.

Check out Behind the Wings 'Unlocking Asteroid Secrets' which will air on PBS later this month. An excellent summary of NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission including some science discoveries from the Astrobiology Analytical Lab at Goddard share.google/A9Ve47s2dE0V...

NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say "There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…"

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Can DNA survive on Mars? Simulating over 100 million years of Martian surface radiation on ancient Earth rocks, we recovered readable DNA fragments and microbiome fingerprints—insights that sharpen how we’ll search Mars rock ...

Great study and paper led by Maria-Paz Zorzano increasing the likelihood that biosignatures could be preserved in Mars surface rocks despite exposure to ionizing radiation for tens of millions of years. Can DNA survive on Mars? | Research Communities by Springer Nature share.google/2MgxSlXyq3YA...

If life on Mars exists, it may be preserved in a frozen time capsule Experiments show that biomolecules trapped in pure ice could withstand the harsh radiation of Mars for tens of millions of years.

Maybe life on Mars could be preserved in a frozen state in the martian permafrost. We should send a life detection mission to find out. www.space.com/astronomy/ma...

JPL Workforce Update A message from JPL Director Dave Gallagher

A message from JPL Director Dave Gallagher announces a JPL layoff of 500 people has been announced that is "not related to the current government shutdown". www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/jpl-wor...

Yes, that will help. But you won't have the state of the art analytical instruments on Mars. There is never going to be a synchrotron radiation facility on Mars. We are using one of those now to study the organic matter in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by OSIRIS-REx right now.

Don’t forget: protest tomorrow outside of NASA HQ in Washington DC! Speakers will be out from 12-1pm. See you there! #nasaneedshelp #protest #washingtondc

Detecting definitive evidence for life beyond Earth using in situ spaceflight instruments is going to big a huge challenge no matter where you go..the recent report of possible evidence of.ancient life on Mars by Perseverance is the latest example. Answering this question demands sample return!

By some miracle, I was actually approved by NASA to travel to Noerdlingen, Germany this week to talk about the Bennu organic results at the Impacts and the Origin of Life conference. First approved travel for me this year. Please just be thankful you are able to travel to science conferences.

Slow Radiolysis of Amino Acids in Mars-Like Permafrost Conditions: Applications to the Search for Extant Life on Mars - Astrobiology Future missions dedicated to the search for extant life on Mars will require a clear understanding of the organic biosignature degradation processes in the shallow icy subsurface.

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Save the NASA Goddard Visitor Center! The NASA Goddard Visitor Center is the gateway between the cutting-edge science done inside the center and the public that this science aims to serve and inspire. From our Sun to the outer planets, cu...

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Scientists are Learning to Rewrite the Code of Life In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than all natural species do.

Meet Syn57, a living cell that only needs 57 codons, not the standard 64. Here's my story on how synthetic biology is tackling the mystery of our bloated genetic code. Gift link: nyti.ms/3Hf4f9v

The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York Sotheby's in New York will be auctioning the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

Sotheby's in New York will be auctioning the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels “There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says

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