{"625597":{"#nid":"625597","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Antarctic robot might lead way to life beyond Earth","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/schmidt-dr-britney\u0022\u003EBritney Schmidt\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, an astrobiologist, sat in a small yellow tent, carefully studying the handful of monitors set up before her. They displayed a live-stream of telemetry data, sonar readings and a video feed from a robotic vehicle exploring the oceanic underbelly of Antarctica\u0026rsquo;s ice near the United States\u0026rsquo; McMurdo Station.\u0026nbsp;The exploration is part of an effort to ultimately search for life in the alien ocean of Europa, one of Jupiter\u0026rsquo;s moons. The mission will also help us understand the physics of melting glaciers, and prepare for sea-level rise.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2019-09-04 16:17:58","changed_gmt":"2019-09-04 16:17:58","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"feminist making","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.pri.org\/stories\/2019-09-02\/arctic-robot-might-lead-way-life-beyond-earth","dateline":{"date":"2019-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"609183":{"id":"609183","type":"image","title":"Britney Schmidt","body":null,"created":"1533133975","gmt_created":"2018-08-01 14:32:55","changed":"1533133975","gmt_changed":"2018-08-01 14:32:55","alt":"","file":{"fid":"232018","name":"Britney Schmidt.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Britney%20Schmidt_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Britney%20Schmidt_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5676,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Britney%20Schmidt_1.jpg?itok=LosPlmxj"}}},"media_ids":["609183"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"82391","name":"Antarctica"},{"id":"122051","name":"icefin"}],"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":""}}}