NASA Astrobiology Program

NASA Astrobiology: Register For The NASA-DARES Task Force 2 Community Webinars

• Status Report
• February 19, 2026

Dale Andersen's Field Reports

Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 19 February 2026: Return Overland Traverse From Lake Untersee

• Status Report
• February 19, 2026

Atmospheres, Climate, Weather

Understanding Snowball Earth Extreme Climates

• Press Release
• February 19, 2026

Meteorites & Asteroids

Microbes Harvest Metals From Meteorites Aboard The International Space Station

• Press Release
• February 19, 2026

Astrochemistry

Formation and Survival of Complex Organic Molecules in the Jovian Circumplanetary Disk

• Status Report
• February 19, 2026

Exoplanets, -moons, -comets

Atmospheric Constraints On GJ 1214 b From CRIRES+ And Prospects For Characterisation With ANDES

• Press Release
• February 19, 2026

Astrochemistry

Infrared Spectra Of Methane-containing Ice Mixtures For JWST Data Analysis

• Status Report
• February 19, 2026

Mars

Unusual Crater Texture On Mars Hints At Early History

• Press Release
• February 19, 2026

Astrochemistry

Carbon Chain Diversity In L1544 And IRAS 16293-2422: An Astrochemical Pathfinder Study For The SKAO

• Status Report
• February 19, 2026

Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments

Draft Genomes Of Three Abundant Bacterial Isolates From Hypersaline Don Juan Pond, Antarctica

• Status Report
• February 19, 2026

ROVs/Submersibles/Diving

Deployable Artificial Intelligence for Exploration and Discovery in the Deep Sea

• Status Report
• February 18, 2026

Exoplanets, -moons, -comets

Upper Atmosphere Dynamics And Drivers Of Volatiles Loss From Terrestrial-type (exo)Planets

• Status Report
• February 18, 2026

AI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics

Perseverance Mars Rover Now Autonomously Pinpoints Its Location Using Generative AI

• Press Release
• February 18, 2026

Origin & Evolution of Life

A Break In A Longstanding Mystery About The Origin Of Complex Life

• Press Release
• February 18, 2026

Cryobiology

First Genome Sequence And Functional Profiling Of Psychrobacter SC65A.3 Preserved In 5,000-year-old Cave Ice

• Status Report
• February 18, 2026