ROSES-25 Amendment 20: Exoplanets Research Program Step-1 Due Date Deferred to December 3, 2025
Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Education and Outreach, NASA Astrobiology Program, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Status Report
Communicating Discoveries In The Search For Life In The Universe Workshop Report
The potential discovery of life beyond Earth presents unique communication challenges for astrobiology. These include ambiguous data, public misconceptions, and the dynamics of social media platforms.
Posted inExploration Gear & Tech, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Sample Return, Status Report
COSPAR Sample Safety Assessment Framework (SSAF)
The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Sample Safety Assessment Framework (SSAF) has been developed by a COSPAR appointed Working Group.
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Education and Outreach, Nomenclature, Systematics, Natural History, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, SETI & Technosignatures, Space Life Science
How Do YOU Say “Astrobiology”?
Editor’s note: I asked Grok to tell me how to say “astrobiology” in the top 100 languages spoken on Earth. The response I got back from Grok is below. “Astrobiology” […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Astrobiology (general), Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Status Report
Foundation Models for Astrobiology: Paper I — Workshop and Overview
Advances in machine learning over the past decade have resulted in a proliferation of algorithmic applications for encoding, characterizing, and acting on complex data that may contain many high dimensional […]
Posted inMars, Missions & Hardware, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Policy, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Sample Return, Status Report
Opportunity To Apply To A New International Mars Exploration Working Group on Planetary Protection
The IMEWG (International Mars Exploration Working Group) is planning to stand up a sub-working group to identify international science and planetary protection goals and scope priorities in the upcoming transition […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Conferences and Meetings, NASA Astrobiology Program, Press Release, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans
NAS Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences Autumn 2025 Meeting
The Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences will meet in-person October 7-9, 2025.
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Budgets and Policy, NASA Astrobiology Program, People Of Astrobiology, Policy, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Status Report
NASA Astrobiology Program Call for Applications: NASA-DARES Task Force 2
Opportunity Number: NNH25ZDA002LApplication Deadline: Monday, September 29th, 2025 11:59 PM EDT Short URL: https://go.nasa.gov/ABStrategyRFI The NASA Astrobiology Program is seeking approximately 47 individuals to serve on NASA DARES (NASA Decadal […]
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NASA Solar System Science Program: Call For Virtual Reviewers
NASA is seeking virtual panelists and/or external (email) reviewers for the Solar System Science Program (ROSES C.2).
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Conferences and Meetings, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, NASA Astrobiology Program, Press Release, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans
NASA Exoplanet Program Analysis Group Meeting 32
Date/Time: 19 August 2025 10AM – 5:30PM EDT NOTE: New registration is required for everyone planning to attend the August 19th meeting. Previous registrations have been deleted.