*MEDIA ANDPRESSWORKSHOP

Experts will report on key focus areas surrounding the detection of life beyond Earth. *Credentialed media only

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About this Event

Would we know an alien life form if we saw one? How do we push beyond our own preconceived notions and current understanding of extraterrestrial life? How does studying deep-sea hydrothermal vents help us devise ways to find forms of life unlike our own? To learn more about efforts in detecting life outside of our own planet, join leading NASA scientists from the agency’s Astrobiology Program and NASA-funded researchers for this pre-conference media workshop.

A key component of NASA’s science strategy for exploring space includes a robust astrobiology discipline, and its relationship to understanding life’s potential origin and distribution in the Universe.

In this three-hour workshop for credentialed media/press and science writers, hosted by NASA, experts will report on key focus areas surrounding the detection of life in in our own extreme environments, beyond our world, and beyond our own solar system. Plenty of time will be provided for questions and discussion.

Journalists and science writers will have an opportunity to learn about such developments as:



Detecting evidence of life on the early Earth



Exploring life in deep-sea hydrothermal vents



Detecting life on Mars/instrument development



Detecting life on Mars: Exomars 2020



Detecting life on ocean worlds



Agnostic biosignatures – what are they?



Detecting evidence of habitability and life on exoplanets Confirmed experts include:



Mary Voytek, Senior Scientist, NASA Astrobiology Program



Lindsay Hays, Deputy Program Scientist, NASA Astrobiology Program, Ames Research Center



Chris German, Senior Scientist, Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution



Britney Schmidt, Planetary Scientist, Georgia Institute of Technology and Europa Clipper science team member.



Sarah Johnson, Planetary Scientist, Georgetown University



Giada Arney, Planetary Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center



Stephanie Getty, Planetary Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center



Abby Allwood, Planetary Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab

