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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on Earth, and yet, they have not received enough consideration in astrobiology. Viruses are also extraordinarily diverse, which is evident in the types of relationships they establish with their host ...
Ignacio de la Higuera, Ester Lázaro
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Future space experiment platforms for astrobiology and astrochemistry research
npj Microgravity, 2023 Space experiments are a technically challenging but a scientifically important part of astrobiology and astrochemistry research. The International Space Station (ISS) is an excellent example of a highly successful and long-lasting research platform for ...
Andreas Elsaesser +20 more
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The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project. [PDF]
Astrobiology, 2023 With advances in commercial space launch capabilities and reduced costs to orbit, humans may arrive on Mars within a decade. Both to preserve any signs of past (and extant) martian life and to protect the health of human crews (and Earth's biosphere), it
Glass B +19 more
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Exoplanets – search methods, discoveries, and prospects for astrobiology [PDF]
, 2008 Whereas the Solar System has Mars and Europa as the best candidates for finding fossil/extant life as we know it - based on complex carbon compounds and liquid water - the 263 (non-pulsar) planetary systems around other stars as known at 15 September ...
Barrie W. Jones
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The archaeal class Halobacteria and astrobiology: Knowledge gaps and research opportunities
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Water bodies on Mars and the icy moons of the outer solar system are now recognized as likely being associated with high levels of salt. Therefore, the study of high salinity environments and their inhabitants has become increasingly relevant for ...
Jia-Hui Wu +8 more
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From cosmos to intelligent life: the four ages of astrobiology [PDF]
, 2012 The history of life on Earth and in other potential life-bearing planetary platforms is deeply linked to the history of the universe. Since life as we know it relies on chemical elements forged in dying heavy stars, the universe needs to be old enough ...
Marcelo Gleiser
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Women in chemistry: Q&A with Dr Laurie Barge [PDF]
Communications ChemistryDr. Laurie Barge is a Research Scientist in Astrobiology at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
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The minimum energy required to build a cell [PDF]
Scientific ReportsUnderstanding the energy requirements for cell synthesis accurately and comprehensively has been a longstanding challenge. We introduce a computational model that estimates the minimum energy necessary to build any cell from its constituent parts.
Edwin Ortega-Arzola +2 more
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Domains of life sciences in spacefaring: what, where, and how to get involved [PDF]
npj MicrogravityThe integration of biology and spacefaring has led to the development of three interrelated fields: Astrobiology, Bioastronautics, and Space Bioprocess Engineering.
Aaron J. Berliner +5 more
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Basaltic Terrains in Idaho and Hawai‘i as Planetary Analogs for Mars Geology and Astrobiology [PDF]
Astrobiology, 2018 Field research target regions within two basaltic geologic provinces are described as Earth analogs to Mars. Regions within the eastern Snake River Plain of Idaho and the Big Island of Hawai‘i, the United States, provinces that represent analogs of ...
S. S. Hughes +11 more
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