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The Miller–Urey experiments pioneered modern research on the molecular origins of life, but their actual relevance in this field was later questioned because the gas mixture used in their research is considered too reducing with respect to the most accepted hypotheses for the conditions on primordial Earth. Here, we report an experimental work, combined with state-of-the-art computational methods, in which both electric discharge and laser-driven plasma impact simulations were carried out in a reducing atmosphere containing NH₃ + CO.

The new call for the Europlanet 2020 Infrastructures is out!

The Palaeobiogeology Group (PPP Lab), at the Department of Geology, UR GEOLOGY, of the University of Liège searches for collaborators (postdocs, spectroscopist) for its activities in the frame of the ERC PROJECT “ELiTE”: Early Life Traces, Evolution, and Implications for Astrobiology, and the IAP “Planet TOPERS”: “Planets: Tracing the Origin, Preservation, and Evolution of their reservoirs”.

Martian meteorites are a major source of information for understanding both primary and secondary geological and geochemical processes on the surface and subsurface of Mars. The planet is being investigated from an increasing number of orbiters and mobile landers with the primary goal to discover habitable environments, and ultimately extinct or extant forms of life. This requires the detailed study of both the surface and subsurface of the planet.

A collection of articles will be published in this Special Issue of the Open Access Journal "Geosciences" from MDPI (Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263)).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2017

Guest Editor : Dr. Elias Chatzitheodoridis, National Technical University of Athens, School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Department of Geological Sciences, 9 Heroon Polytechneiou str., GR-15780 Zografou, Athens, Greece

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PhD position European Training Network EuroPAH

A PhD position is available at Astronomy, Leiden University, under supervision of Prof. Tielens, in close collaboration with drs. ten Kate and King of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University.

PhD information: http://europah.eu/Recruitment/esr%20position%204.html

Spectroscopy and reactivity of ionic complexes.

PhD position at the «Université catholique de Louvain» in molecular physics.The candidate will work within the NAPS unit (Nanoscopic Physics) of the Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences. This unit is specialized amongst other things in atomic, molecular and optical physics.

Starting in March 2016, European university students will be able to access a unique set of opportunities to enrich their space science and engineering education: the ESA Academy

Videos of lectures on Astrobiology made within the frame of the Rencontres Exobiologiques pour Doctorants (RED’16) that was co-organized with the Erasmus + Strategic Parner “European Astrobiology Campus” a

We are pleased to announce that we have a winner of the EANA logo competition.

The PhD student will be strongly involved in the setup and development of a timeresolved Raman spectrometer at IMPMC starting in the end of 2016. This equipment will be unique as it will allow bulk analyses (≈mm3) at distance in a Martian chamber (similarly to how SuperCam will operate on Mars) as well as analyses at the microscale (≈μm3) including Raman mapping.