Origin & Evolution of Life

How Life’s Building Blocks Took Shape On Early Earth: The Limits of Membraneless Polyester Protocell Formation

• Press Release
• February 6, 2025

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Life’s Building Blocks Discovered In Samples From Asteroid Bennu

• Press Release
• January 30, 2025

Astrochemistry

Pristine Asteroid Samples Reveal Secrets Of The Ancient Solar System

• Press Release
• January 30, 2025

Astrochemistry

Exploring The Mysteries Of Asteroid Bennu

• Press Release
• January 30, 2025

Astrochemistry

Dust From asteroid Bennu: Building Blocks Of Life And Possible Habitats Were Widespread In Our Solar System

• Press Release
• January 30, 2025

Astrochemistry

Traces Of Ancient Brine Discovered On Asteroid Bennu Contain Minerals Crucial To Life

• Press Release
• January 30, 2025

Astrochemistry

Asteroid Bennu Sample Reveals A Mix Of Life’s Ingredients

• Press Release
• January 29, 2025

Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

White Smokers On The Floor Of The Dead Sea

• Press Release
• November 15, 2024

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Radiolytic Support For Oxidative Metabolism In An Ancient Subsurface Brine System

• Status Report
• November 7, 2024

Mars

Orbital View Of Chloride Salt Deposits In Terra Sirenum On Mars

• Press Release
• August 12, 2024

Microbiology & Virology

Prevalence of the Calvin-Benson-Bassham Cycle in Chemolithoautotrophic Psychrophiles and the Potential for Cold-adapted Rubisco

• Status Report
• August 3, 2024

Europa

Juno Provides High-Definition Views of Europa’s Icy Shell

• Press Release
• May 15, 2024

Mars

Observations of Water Frost on Mars with THEMIS: Application to the Presence of Brines and the Stability of (Sub)Surface Water Ice

• Status Report
• May 15, 2024

Cryobiology

Subglacial Microbial Life On Earth And Beyond

• Press Release
• February 23, 2024

Enceladus

The Behavior of Organics in Rapidly Frozen Brine With Relevance To Enceladus

• Status Report
• November 25, 2023