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Contaminants, Including Ink, Detected In Meteorites Suggest Sample Preparation Needs Improving

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Single-molecule Peptide Sequencing Through Reverse Translation Of Peptides Into DNA

Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

Single-molecule Peptide Sequencing Through Reverse Translation Of Peptides Into DNA

Extreme Arabian Environments And Their Microbiomes: New Frontiers For Astrobiology And Biosignature Discovery

Analog Studies

Extreme Arabian Environments And Their Microbiomes: New Frontiers For Astrobiology And Biosignature Discovery

Microstructural And Biochemical Constraints On Cryptoendolithic Life In Atacama Halite: Implications For Extreme Habitability

Desert Worlds

Microstructural And Biochemical Constraints On Cryptoendolithic Life In Atacama Halite: Implications For Extreme Habitability

A Thousand Meters Deep: Vertical Profiling of the Subterranean Microbiome of Gourgouthakas Cave

Caves, Craters, Mountains, Subsurface, Lava Tubes

A Thousand Meters Deep: Vertical Profiling of the Subterranean Microbiome of Gourgouthakas Cave

Evaluation Of The Bacterial Diversity In The World’s Deepest Cave—Veryovkina, Arabika Massif, Western Caucasus

Caves, Craters, Mountains, Subsurface, Lava Tubes

Evaluation Of The Bacterial Diversity In The World’s Deepest Cave—Veryovkina, Arabika Massif, Western Caucasus

A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars

Exploration Gear & Tech

A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars

Revealing the Internal Structure of Mars-Analog Glaciers From Drone-Based Radar Sounding

Analog Studies

Revealing the Internal Structure of Mars-Analog Glaciers From Drone-Based Radar Sounding

Legged Robot Could Accelerate Resource Prospecting On The Moon And The Search For Life On Mars

Robotics/Rovers/UAVs

Legged Robot Could Accelerate Resource Prospecting On The Moon And The Search For Life On Mars

Nanopore Sequencing: A Way To Explore Life’s Origins

Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

Nanopore Sequencing: A Way To Explore Life’s Origins

New Computational Biology Tool Automates And Standardizes Genome Sequencing Analysis

Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

New Computational Biology Tool Automates And Standardizes Genome Sequencing Analysis

Ocean Planet Exploration: Recovery Of NIPR AUV MONACA

ROVs/Submersibles/Diving

Ocean Planet Exploration: Recovery Of NIPR AUV MONACA

Anoxia-adapted Cyanobacteria In A Marine Blue Hole

Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments

Anoxia-adapted Cyanobacteria In A Marine Blue Hole

High-resolution mid-IR Spectroscopy of SVS 13-A with EXES/SOFIA: The Surprisingly High CH3OH/H2O Ratio In The Planet-forming Zone Of A Solar Mass Protostar

Astrochemistry

High-resolution mid-IR Spectroscopy of SVS 13-A with EXES/SOFIA: The Surprisingly High CH3OH/H2O Ratio In The Planet-forming Zone Of A Solar Mass Protostar

ISAS/JAXA Campaign Using A Swarm Of Small Robots

Artemis & Lunar Exploration

ISAS/JAXA Campaign Using A Swarm Of Small Robots

Tricorder Tech: Protein Sequencing Advance Offers New Insights Into Life’s Foundations

Tricorders & Sensors

Tricorder Tech: Protein Sequencing Advance Offers New Insights Into Life’s Foundations

Tricorder Tech: Most Mass Spectrometers Can Process Just A Few Molecules At Once. A Reengineered Prototype Does A Billion Simultaneously.

Tricorders & Sensors

Tricorder Tech: Most Mass Spectrometers Can Process Just A Few Molecules At Once. A Reengineered Prototype Does A Billion Simultaneously.

Tricorder Tech: Developing Robust Electronics That Can Withstand Harsh Conditions on Cold Planetary Bodies

Tricorders & Sensors

Tricorder Tech: Developing Robust Electronics That Can Withstand Harsh Conditions on Cold Planetary Bodies

Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report 16 March 2026: Spring Field Season Completed; Preparing The Fall Field Season

Dale Andersen's Field Reports

Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report 16 March 2026: Spring Field Season Completed; Preparing The Fall Field Season

Build Your Own Mars Astrobiology Rover

Robotics/Rovers/UAVs

Build Your Own Mars Astrobiology Rover