[Fundamental Research]. The search for extraterrestrial life represents one of humanity’s most profound scientific endeavors. This review examines the role of prebiotic chemistry in our quest to detect extraterrestrial life.
Keith Cowing
Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) 🖖🏻
Posted inSpace Agriculture
Offworld Space Botany
[NASA] NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Luke Delaney works inside the International Space Station’s Harmony module on a space botany investigation.
Posted inGaia - Planetary Perspectives
How Life On Earth Experiences Climate Change
[Stockholm University] Climate change can look very different at the scale of a forest, field or hillside. A new review shows how changes in vegetation and atmospheric conditions can cause […]
Posted inInterstellar
Assessment Of The Mass Loss And Radius Change Of 3I/ATLAS Based On Observed Production Rates
[astro-ph.EP] Formed from the debris of planet formation, interstellar comets provide invaluable insights into the chemical compositions of planetary systems outside of our Solar System.
Posted inAstrochemistry
Resolving The Extended Interstellar Medium Of Infrared Galaxies I. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission
[astro-ph.GA] We investigate spatial variations in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) properties and photoelectric heating efficiency in 67 nearby luminous infrared galaxies from the Great Observatories All-sky LIRG Survey (GOALS).
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Posted inVenus
The Science Case For An In-situ Measurement Platform In The Venus Clouds
[astro-ph.IM] The next step for Venus exploration after the remote sensing missions of the early 2030s will be in-situ aerial platforms, the Venus equivalent of rovers for Mars.
Posted inDale Andersen's Field Reports
Astrobiologist Dale Andersen’s Antarctic Field Report: 20 Oct 2026: Wheels Down In Cape Town
[Dale Andersen]: The 787 Dreamliner rolled to a stop far out on the apron, as the big jets often do here, and I climbed down into a gray afternoon and […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general)
Astrobiology Primer
[Current Biology (Cell)] Astrobiology aims not only to determine whether life exists beyond Earth but to understand how biology ‘fits’ into a physicochemical universe of stars and planets, including Earth […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general)
The Evolution Of Oxygen, Temperature, And Marine Aerobic Habitat For Animals Over The Last Billion Years Of Earth History
[Current Biology (Cell)] Atmospheric and ocean oxygen levels and temperature have changed considerably over Earth history, and many of these changes coincided with similarly dramatic changes in marine life.
Posted inWater/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Icy Ocean Planet Recon: Saildrone Research Fleet To Circle Antarctica For 5 Years
Editor’s note: As we plan to use robotic probes such as Saildrone to explore worlds in our solar system with oceans, missions that explore Earth’s oceans can serve as important […]