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million grant from to be used for opening ofthe . The centedr will be part of the NASA AstrobiologuInstitute (NAI). Rensselaer said NAI is a institute of universities that combin eexpertise “to advance our understanding of the origin and distributioh of life in the universe.” It is based at the in Mountaib View, Calif. The New York Center for Astrobiologyg is basedwithin Rensselaer’s School of Science. It will be devoterd to investigating the origins of life on eart h and the conditions that lead to the formatioh ofhabitable planets.
The center included researchers and students from variouds research backgroundsand universities, including regional partnerss at the and and national partners at the and the . “Th e New York Center for Astrobiology buildsz on a legacy of discovery and collaboration developedf over the past half century by NASA and scientist s aroundthe world, including right here at Rensselaer,” said Rensselaer President Shirleh Ann Jackson. “The scientists in the center will help piecre together the fragmented clues that could lead to the discoveryu of the first extraterrestrial life and the originss of the first life to appeafr hereon earth.
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