The InSight-HP3 mole on Mars: Lessons learned from attempts to penetrate to depth in the Martian soil

T Spohn, TL Hudson, L Witte, T Wippermann… - Advances in Space …, 2022 - Elsevier
The NASA InSight lander mission to Mars payload includes the Heat Flow and Physical
Properties Package HP 3 to measure the surface heat flow. The package was designed to …

Radar Observations of Liquid Water in the South Polar Region of Mars: Indications from Astrobiology Perspectives

J Zhou, C Ding, S Xiong, Y Su, J Li, M Chen, S Dai - Universe, 2024 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, extensive research has led to the understanding that Mars once hosted
substantial liquid-water reserves. While the current Martian landscape boasts significant …

Astrobiology of life on Earth

JE Hallsworth, RL Mancinelli, CA Conley… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Astrobiology is mistakenly regarded by some as a field confined to studies of life beyond
Earth. Here, we consider life on Earth through an astrobiological lens. Whereas classical …

Permafrost evolution in a mountain catchment near Santiago de Chile

SR Pereira, C Marquardt, E Beriain… - Journal of South American …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Chilean Central Andes near Santiago are a semi-arid region with substantial
frozen water reserves in their high altitude cryosphere. Millions of people depend on the …

Cold, dry, windy, and UV irradiated: surveying Mars-relevant conditions in Ojos del Salado Volcano (Andes Mountains, Chile)

Á Kereszturi, JM Aszalós, Z Heiling, Á Ignéczi… - Astrobiology, 2020 - liebertpub.com
The Special Collection of papers in this issue of Astrobiology provides an overview of the
characteristics and potential for future exploration of the Ojos del Salado volcano, located in …

Environmental characterization and impact of climatic fluctuations on the diversity of extremophilic bacterial communities of a high-altitude seasonal meltwater pond …

V Faragó, M Megyes, B Nagy, M Hengst… - Geomicrobiology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Earth has unique environments where only microorganisms adapted to extreme conditions
can survive. The focus of this study was a high-altitude seasonal meltwater pond on the …

Unique and potentially Mars-relevant flow regime and water sources at a high Andes-Atacama site

Á Kereszturi - Astrobiology, 2020 - liebertpub.com
A field expedition in the High Andes/Atacama Desert region revealed two types of flow-
produced structures and a unique flow regime. Gullies somewhat smaller than those on …

Taxonomic diversity and environmental tolerance of cultivable extremophilic bacteria from a high-altitude meltwater pond on Ojos del Salado (Chile)

V Faragó, M Megyes, B Nagy, AK Borsodi - Biologia Futura, 2024 - Springer
Earth harbors unique environments where only microorganisms adapted to extreme
conditions, known as extremophiles, can survive. This study focused on a high-altitude …

[HTML][HTML] Wind-snow interactions at the Ojos del Salado region as a potential Mars analogue site in the Altiplano-Atacama desert region

A Kereszturi, JM Aszalós, H Zs, Á Igneczi, K Zs, K Cs… - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
We describe the general characteristics and interactions happening at a unique, potential
new Mars analogue site, located in the Altiplano and Atacama Desert region: the Ojos del …

The challenges of commercial mountaineering on the highest Volcanic Seven Summit, the Ojos del Salado

B Nagy, Á Ignéczi, I Kovács-Székely… - Hungarian …, 2023 - ojs.mtak.hu
Commercial mountaineering has gained widespread popularity in recent decades. Global
mountaineering challenges–eg, the Seven Summits challenge to climb the highest summit …