NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has released a new Request for Information (RFI) entitled, Private Sector Activities in Astrobiology, Planetary Protection, and Space Biology, seeking expressions of interest from U.S. […]
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New Astrobiology Special Collection Explores Emerging Scientific Evidence For Land-based Origins Of Life
The scientific study of life’s origins is undergoing a major transition, from a decades-long focus on deep-sea hydrothermal vents toward increasing investigation of hot springs and other chemically dynamic environments […]
NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,200 15 May 2026 (Space Life Science Research Results)
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AGU Astrobiology Special: Icy Worlds Get New Planetary Protection Guidelines
This week from AGU astrobiology special edition: Icy worlds get new planetary protection guidelines
Mars And The Earthlings Training School
A training school, organized by the European Astrobiology Institute and us, the Cluster of Excellence “The Martian Mindset“ | University of Bremen, is dedicated to the scientific, ethical, medical, economic, […]
NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,199 8 May 2026 (Space Life Science Research Results)
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The Origin, Extension, and Future of the “NASA Definition” of Life
The “NASA definition” enjoys broad popularity among scientists, particularly in the astrobiology community: life is “a self-sustained chemical system capable of Darwinian evolution.”
Registration Opens For The RED Astrobiology Introductory Virtual School – June 2nd-8th 2026
RED is a Training School about the “Basics in Astrobiology”. Astrobiology addresses questions related to the origins of life, its evolution, and distribution in the Universe.
NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,198 1 May 2026 (Space Life Science Research Results)
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The European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA) 2026 Conference: Astrobiology Missions
The European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA) 2026 Conference will be organised by the Space Exploration Institute in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, from the 1st (Tuesday) to the 4th (Friday) September 2026.
