The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is now accepting applications for the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology. The deadline is December 1. […]
astrobiology
Posted inAstrobiology (general)
Astrobiology: An Astronomer's Perspective
In this review we explore aspects of the field of astrobiology from an astronomical viewpoint. We therefore focus on the origin of life in the context of planetary formation, with […]
Posted inOrigin & Evolution of Life, Titan
Insights into Evolution of Life on Earth from Saturn's Moon Titan
Glimpses of the events that nurtured life on Earth more than 3.5 billion years ago are coming from an unlikely venue almost 1 billion miles away, according to the leader […]
Posted inAstrochemistry
Scientists Discover Cosmic Factory for Life's Building Blocks
Scientists have discovered a ‘cosmic factory’ for producing the building blocks of life, amino acids, according to research. The team from Imperial College London, the University of Kent and Lawrence […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), NASA Astrobiology Program
Astrobiology Strategic Plan Milestone
The NASA Astrobiology Strategy process has reached an important milestone. The concept documents, which were created at the Wallops Island workshop, are now ready for public comment. The commenting process […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Missions & Hardware
Cyborg Astrobiologist Uses Phone-Cam to Search for Life
A novel, hybrid part-human, part-machine visual system that uses a simple mobile phone camera has been developed to search for evidence of past or present life in planetary analogue sites […]
Posted inMars
ExoMars Can Detect Life That Survives Simulated Environment on Mars
An instrument similar to those used on Earth by art detectives and to sense explosives at airports will be taken into space for the first time by ExoMars, the European […]
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets
Habitable Worlds With No Signs of Life
‘Most habitable worlds in the cosmos will have no remotely detectable signs of life’ is proposed as a biological hypothesis to be tested in studies of exoplanets. Habitable planets could […]
Posted inIcy Worlds
Potential for Life on Dwarf Planet Ceres
Ceres, which orbits the Sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is a unique body in the Solar System, bearing many similarities to Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Away Teams & Field Reports
Lewis and Clark Program Scholars: Reports From the Field
For an astrobiologist, going into the field doesn’t have to mean going to another planet. There’s plenty to learn about life in the cosmos by studying what our planet has […]