Astrobiology students explore alien environment on Earth
Monday, May 25, 2015 - 08:00
in Astronomy & Space
Sonny Harman never thought he'd be able to travel far enough to do field work. That's because the Penn State doctoral student studies atmospheres on other planets. But to his surprise, Harman recently stepped into an alien world—complete with environments and life unlike just about anything he'd seen on Earth. And he didn't have to go to Mars to do it. Harman was among a group of graduate students who recently traveled to Italy for an annual astrobiology field course.