{"660279":{"#nid":"660279","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"NASA researchers study \u0027Mars-like\u0027 WA salt lakes for information about extraterrestrial life","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.engineering.cornell.edu\/faculty-directory\/britney-schmidt\u0022\u003EBritney Schmidt\u003C\/a\u003E hunts for clues about the universe in a West Australian salt lake.\u0026nbsp;The NASA-funded researcher, formerly with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;says the otherworldly landscape, with its pink-hued water and fringing trees, is no mere illusion;\u0026nbsp;it is more like Mars than almost any other location\u0026nbsp;on Earth.\u0026nbsp;It could even help scientists\u0026nbsp;detect extraterrestrial life on other planets. Joining Schmidt in that hunt is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/plattner-taylor\u0022\u003ETaylor Plattner\u003C\/a\u003E, a graduate student in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-08-17 18:32:20","changed_gmt":"2022-08-18 15:55:22","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2022-08-13\/nasa-extraterrestrial-aliens-wa-salt-lake-tjaltjraak-cornell\/101320284","dateline":{"date":"2022-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-08-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"173529","name":"extraterrestrial life"},{"id":"81291","name":"Britney Schmidt"},{"id":"191078","name":"Taylor Plattner"},{"id":"191079","name":"West Australia"},{"id":"191080","name":"salt lakes"},{"id":"191081","name":"Lake Warden"},{"id":"7057","name":"Mars"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}