May 16, 2017: We're number one!
The ACA's Nature Communications article on the earliest evidence of life on land has reached number 1! See the numbers here.
News
Mar 2, 2017: Skeptisim on "oldest" fossils
ACA Professors Malcolm Walter and Martin Van Kranendonk skeptical about claims that structures found in rocks in Canada are ancient fossils. Read the Sydney Morning Herald article here
Feb 23, 2017: 7 Earth-sized planets around one star found
Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have found seven Earth-sized rocky planets in the habitable zone of a single star. The planetary system is just 40 light years away in the constellation of Aquarius.
Feb 10, 2017: Columbia Hills still being considered
ACA Director Prof Martin Van Kranendonk participated in the 3rd NASA Mars Rover 2020 Landing Site workshop in California. Three sites were selected from eight - Jezero Crater, NE Syrtis, and a revisit to Columbia Hills where the Rover Spirit uncovered interesting material before contact was lost with it.
Feb 3, 2017: ACA student an aspiring astronaut
ACA Masters student Richard Blake has been exploring 'Mars' in the Utah desert as an aspiring astronaut. See details here.
Jan 27, 2017: Outstanding student award for ACA PhD candidate
ACA PhD student Yi-Ling Hwong has won an Outstanding Student award for her presentation on social media at the annual American Geophysical Union Fall meeting in San Francisco in December.
Jan 26, 2017: Australia Day AM honour for Founding Director
Congratulations to Professor Malcolm Walter, Founding Director of the ACA, who received an AM in the Australia Day honours for "significant service in the field of astrobiology as an author, academic. educator and mentor."
Aug 2, 2016: Australian Researchers and Students partner with India to study a Mars Analogue Sites in the Himalayas
Read the media release here
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