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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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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The relevance of fungi in astrobiology research – Astromycology
Mycosphere, 2023 Since the very first steps of space exploration, fungi have been recorded as contaminants, hitchhikers, or as part of missions’ crews and payloads. Because fungi can cause human disease and are highly active decomposers, their presence in a space-linked ...
MF Simões +20 more
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 305-323., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Brian Kendall +2 more
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Habitability Models for Astrobiology [PDF]
Astrobiology, 2021 Habitability has been generally defined as the capability of an environment to support life. Ecologists have been using Habitat Suitability Models (HSMs) for more than four decades to study the habitability of Earth from local to global scales ...
Abel M'endez +33 more
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Astrobiology in Space: A Comprehensive Look at the Solar System
Life, 2023 The field of astrobiology aims to understand the origin of life on Earth and searches for evidence of life beyond our planet. Although there is agreement on some of the requirements for life on Earth, the exact process by which life emerged from ...
M. D. De Mol
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Comparative Dynamics Enables Discovery of Embedded Bacterial Ferredoxin Domains in Large Redox Enzymes. [PDF]
ProteinsABSTRACT Bacterial ferredoxins are small iron–sulfur binding proteins that function as soluble electron shuttles between redox enzymes in the cell. Their simple 2×(β–α–β) fold, central metabolic function, and ubiquity across all kingdoms of life have led to the proposal that ferredoxins were likely among the earliest proteins.
Siess JA, Nanda V.
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The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project
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
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Life on the Edge: Bioprospecting Extremophiles for Astrobiology
Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 2023 Discovering exoplanets and satellites in habitable zones within and beyond our solar system has sparked intrigue in planetary setting varieties that could support life.
Júnia Schultz +3 more
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Renaissance for magnetotactic bacteria in astrobiology
The ISME Journal, 2023 Capable of forming magnetofossils similar to some magnetite nanocrystals observed in the Martian meteorite ALH84001, magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) once occupied a special position in the field of astrobiology during the 1990s and 2000s.
Jian Shen +5 more
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