Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences in Mexico

Cruz, K. E. Cervantes‐de la; Cordero-Tercero, Guadalupe; Chew, Y. Gómez Maqueo; Lozada-Chávez, Irma; Montoya, Lilia; Jiménez, Sandra Ignacia Ramírez; Segura, Antígona

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-46087-7_2

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“…Meteoritics might also represent a pillar in the development of planetary science in Chile and Latin America, as astrobiology is in Mexico (De la Cruz et al., 2020). For instance, the analysis of Chilean meteorites has been focused on different aspects such as (i) Distribution and antiquity (Drouard et al., 2019; Gattacceca et al., 2011; Hutzler et al., 2016), (ii) solar system and planet formation (Pinto et al., 2021), (iii) Education (Pinto et al., 2020), and (iv) Protection of natural heritage (Valenzuela & Benado, 2018).…”

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Trends in planetary science research in the Puna and Atacama Desert regions: Underrepresentation of local scientific institutions?

Tavernier

Pinto

Valenzuela

et al. 2023

Meteorit & Planetary Scien

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In 2019, while launching a multidisciplinary research project aimed at developing the Puna de Atacama region as a natural laboratory, investigators at the University of Atacama (Chile) conducted a bibliographic search identifying previously studied geographic points of the region and of potential interest for planetary science and astrobiology research. This preliminary work highlighted a significant absence of local institutional involvement in international publications. In light of this, a follow-up study was conducted to confirm or refute these first impressions, by comparing the search in two bibliographic databases: Web of Science and Scopus. The results show that almost 60% of the publications based directly on data from the Puna, the Altiplano, or the Atacama Desert with objectives related to planetary science or astrobiology do not include any local institutional partner (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru). Indeed, and beyond the ethical questioning of international collaborations, Latin-American planetary science deserves a strategic structuring, networking, as well as a road map at national and continental scales, not only to enhance research, development, and innovation, but also to protect an exceptional natural heritage sampling extreme environmental niches on Earth. Examples of successful international collaborations such as the field of meteorites, terrestrial analogs, and space exploration in Chile or astrobiology in Mexico are given as illustrations and possible directions to follow to develop planetary science in South America. To promote appropriate scientific practices involving local researchers, possible responses at academic and institutional levels will eventually be discussed.

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Trends in planetary science research in the Puna and Atacama Desert regions: Underrepresentation of local scientific institutions?

Tavernier

Pinto

Valenzuela

et al. 2023

Meteorit & Planetary Scien

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“…Una asociación mexicana representativa del área de astrobiología es el SOMA, es una sociedad civil que surgió en 1998 bajo los cimientos de la Sociedad Mexicana de Ciencias de la Vida en el Espacio, los objetivos de SOMA son estudiar las ciencias interdisciplinarias relacionadas con la vida en la Tierra, así como otros cuerpos planetarios; establecer colaboraciones entre organismos nacionales e internacionales; crear cursos en disciplinas relacionadas con la astrobiología, y difundir la importancia de la astrobiología al público (particularmente a la juventud). SOMA se unió al Instituto de Astrobiología de la NASA (NAI) como miembro afiliado en 2012 [17].…”

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El desarrollo de la Astrobiología como ciencia

Valencia-Meza

Alegría²

2022

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La astrobiología es una ciencia que se encarga de estudiar el origen, la distribución y la evolución de la vida en el universo. Su origen es reciente y el camino para su desarrollo estuvo lleno de retos, sin embargo, en la actualidad es una de las ramas del conocimiento más importantes. El presente artículo abarca la historia de la astrobiología para su consolidación como ciencia, mencionando a algunos de los científicos exponentes en el tema, que realizaron los aportes más relevantes a esta disciplina.

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