Astrobiology

Article	Citations
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Comment on Bak et al.	58
Self-Shielding Enhanced Organics Synthesis in an Early Reduced Earth’s Atmosphere	52
The Origin, Extension, and Future of the “NASA Definition” of Life	41
Proteomic Insights into Psychrophile Growth in Perchlorate-Amended Subzero Conditions: Implications for Martian Life Detection	40
Hydrothermal Regeneration of Ammonium as a Basin-Scale Driver of Primary Productivity	36
Chapter 10: Planetary Protection—History, Science, and the Future	32
A Modular 3D-Printed Design to Investigate Prebiotic Chemical Systems in Hot Spring Pools	29
How Viking Changed Science Communication	28
Life Detection and Microbial Biomarker Profiling with Signs of Life Detector-Life Detector Chip During a Mars Drilling Simulation Campaign in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert	27
Ultraviolet Resistance of Microorganisms Isolated from Uranium-Rich Minerals from Perus, Brazil	27
NASA Viking Mission: A Perspective of the Labeled Release Biological Experiment on Mars	26
Novel Chimeric Amino Acid-Fatty Alcohol Ester Amphiphiles Self-Assemble into Stable Primitive Membranes in Diverse Geological Settings	23
The Microbial Inhabitants of the Corona Lava Tube: Astrobiological Insights from a Mars Analog Environment	21
Exploiting the Unique Biology of Caenorhabditis elegans to Launch Neurodegeneration Studies in Space	21
Boron as a Hypothetical Participant in the Prebiological Enantiomeric Enrichment	20
Sharp Rise in Cosmic Ray Irradiation of Organisms on Earth Caused by a Nearby SN Shockwave Passage	20
What Would an Alien Amino Acid Alphabet Look Like and Why?	19
Challenges and Opportunities in Using Amino Acids to Decode Carbonaceous Chondrite and Asteroid Parent Body Processes	19
Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (LITMS) Instrument Field and Laboratory Tests as Part of the ARADS Field Campaigns	19
Mesoarchean Microbial Cd, Ba, and Ni Cycling: Evidence for Photosynthesis in Pongola Group Stromatolites through Novel Stable Isotopes and High-Resolution Trace Element Maps	17
An Accounting of Contamination Control Requirements, Implementation, and Verification of the Sample Tubes for the Mars 2020 Mission and Future Return Sample Science	16
The Call for a New Definition of Biosignature	15
Traces of Bacterial Contribution to Calcite Weathering Detected by Statistical Characterizations of Surface Microtopography	15
Protective Effects of Halite to Vacuum and Vacuum-Ultraviolet Radiation: A Potential Scenario During a Young Sun Superflare	15
Nanopore Sequencing: A Way to Explore Life’s Origins	15

Eta-Earth Revisited I: A Formula for Estimating the Maximum Number of Earth-Like Habitats	15
Astrobiological Implications of Interstellar Material in the Solar System	14
Organic Biosignature Degradation in Hydrothermal and Serpentinizing Environments: Implications for Life Detection on Icy Moons and Mars	14
The New Astronomical Frontier of Interstellar Objects	14
Strong Evidence that Abiogenesis Is a Rapid Process on Earth Analogs	14
Nitrogen Incorporation in Potassic and Micro- and Meso-Porous Minerals: Potential Biogeochemical Records and Targets for Mars Sampling	14
UV Transmission in Prebiotic Environments on Early Earth	13
Can Pareto Optimality Be Evidence of Life?	13
Correction to: Simplified Meteorite Parent Body Alteration of Amino Acids by Hydrothermal Processes (Doi: 10.1089/Ast.2024.0096)	13
Structural Biosignatures—A Category of Potential Biosignatures in the Life Detection Knowledge Base	13
Undecanoic Acid and L-Phenylalanine in Vermiculite: Detection, Characterization, and UV Degradation Studies for Biosignature Identification on Mars	13
Future of the Search for Life: Workshop Report	12
Effects of UV and Calcium Perchlorates on Uracil Deposited on Strontium Fluoride Substrates at Mars Pressure and Temperature	12
Chemical and Physical Evolution of the Crust	12
The Impact of Extreme Low Temperatures on Raman Spectra of Amino Acids Relevant for the Search for Life on Europa	12
Life Detection in the Martian Subsurface: Advancements in Microbial Metabolic Research under Mars Laboratory and Field-Analog Conditions since Viking	12
Prebiotic Nucleoside Phosphorylation in a Simulated Deep-Sea Supercritical Carbon Dioxide–Water Two-Phase Environment	11
Absorption and Scattering of UV and Visible Light Through Simulated Martian Regoliths and Rock Samples	11
Measurement of Photochemical Haze Refractive Indices and Hygroscopicity: Influence of CO 2 in CH 4	11
Using Organic Contaminants to Constrain the Terrestrial Journey of the Martian Meteorite Lafayette	11
Crystal Habits as Potential Biosignatures	11
Dispersion of Bacteria by Low-Pressure Boiling: Life Detection in Enceladus' Plume Material	10
Different Scenarios for the Origin and the Subsequent Succession of a Hypothetical Microbial Community in the Cloud Layer of Venus	10
An Overview of Lipid Biomarkers in Terrestrial Extreme Environments with Relevance for Mars Exploration	10
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Jim Kasting	10
Bridging Place-Based Astrobiology Education with Genomics, Including Descriptions of Three Novel Bacterial Species Isolated from Mars Analog Sites of Cultural Relevance	10
Chapter 4: A Geological and Chemical Context for the Origins of Life on Early Earth	10
Planetary Protection Knowledge Gap Closure Enabling Crewed Missions to Mars	10
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Reply to the Comment by Minns et al.	10
Spectroscopic Protocol for Biosignature Detection: Arctic Ice Samples as Analogs for Icy Moons	10
Geochemical Mobility of Elements in Antarctic Environments Affected by CO 2 -Rich Hydrothermal Fluids: Astrobiological Implications	10
Considerations for Detecting Organic Indicators of Metabolism on Enceladus	9
Life Detection Knowledge Base: Assessment Criteria for Potential Biosignatures	9
Humid Evolution of Haze in the Atmosphere of Super-Earths in the Habitable Zone	9
Icelandic Hot Springs as a Prebiotic Analog: Wet–Dry Cycling Effects on the Stability of Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids	9
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2023 Award Recipient for Astrobiology	9
Simple Lipids Form Stable Higher-Order Structures in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid	9
Eta-Earth Revisited II: Deriving a Maximum Number of Earth-Like Habitats in the Galactic Disk	9
Experimental Identification of Potential Martian Biosignatures in Open and Closed Systems	9
Biosignature Detection and Preservation in Lake Salda Microbialites Under Simulated Martian Conditions	9
Are Large Sulfur Isotope Variations Biosignatures in an Ancient, Impact-Induced Hydrothermal Mars Analog?	9
Mars Sample Return Sample Receiving Project Measurement Definition Team Final Report	8
A Mission Simulating the Search for Life on Mars with Automated Drilling, Sample Handling, and Life Detection Instruments Performed in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert, Chile	8
Assembly of Replicating Protocells with Primitive Metabolism	8
Recovery of Lipid Biomarkers in Hot Spring Digitate Silica Sinter as Analogs for Potential Biosignatures on Mars: Results from Laboratory and Flight-Like Experiments	8
Building Identity and Community for Early Career Professionals in the Emerging Field of Astrobiology	8
Mathematical Model of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants' Stability Under Space Flight Conditions	8
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2022 Award Recipient for Astrobiology	8
The Role of Fatty Acid Vesicles in the Origin of Polymer Function	8
The Lipidome of a Mars Analog Poly-Extreme Community in Atacama Halite Endolith: Chemotaxonomy, Lipid Adaptation, and Implications for the Search for Extraplanetary Biosignatures	8

A Bayesian Analysis of the Probability of the Origin of Life Per Site Conducive to Abiogenesis	8
Ancient Siliciclastic–Evaporites as Seen by Remote Sensing Instrumentation with Implications for the Rover-Scale Exploration of Sedimentary Environments on Mars	8
Preservation of Extracellular Sheaths Produced by Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria: An Analog for Potential Morphological Biosignatures on Mars	8
Inducing Homochirality Through Intermediary Catalytic Species: A Stochastic Approach	8
Microbial Motility at the Bottom of North America: Digital Holographic Microscopy and Genomic Motility Signatures in Badwater Spring, Death Valley National Park	7
Does Gaia Play Dice? Simple Models of Non-Darwinian Selection	7
Astrobiology by Gavriil Tikhov	7
Biological Validation and Agnostic Experiments for Extant and Extinct Microbial Life within the Martian Subsurface	7
Evaluation of Decontamination Potential of Wet Wipes Against Microbial Contamination of Chinese Spacecraft Materials	7
Mars Organic Geochemistry—Are We Alone, and Where Did We Come From?	7
DNA Polymerization in Icy Moon Abyssal Pressure Conditions	7
Experimental Models on the Prebiotic Formation of Biopolymer Building Blocks	7
Preface to Eta-Earth Revisited: How Common Are Earth-like Habitats in the Galaxy?	7
Directional Aspects of Vegetation Linear and Circular Polarization Biosignatures	7
The Role of Chemical Sensors, Microfluidics, and Analytical Microsystems in Future Mars Exploration	7
Quantifying the Bioavailable Energy in an Ancient Hydrothermal Vent on Mars and a Modern Earth-Based Analog	7
Life Detection on Icy Moons Using Flow Cytometry and Exogenous Fluorescent Stains	7
Aquatic Ferrous Solutions of Prebiotic Mineral Salts as Strong UV Protectants and Possible Loci of Life Origin	6
Raman Spectroscopic and Microbial Study of Biofilms Hosted Gypsum Deposits in the Hypersaline Wetlands: Astrobiological Perspective	6
Stromatolite-like Structures Within Microbially Laminated Sandstones of the Paleoarchean Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa	6
Impact of M Dwarfs Ultraviolet Radiation on Prebiotic Chemistry: The Case of Adenine	6
A Machine-Learning Approach to Biosignature Exploration on Early Earth and Mars Using Sulfur Isotope and Trace Element Data in Pyrite	6
Analysis of Early Iron Sulfide, Carbonate, and Phosphate Mineral Analogues Produced by Flow-Driven Precipitation in a Microchannel	6
BioSentinel: A Biofluidic Nanosatellite Monitoring Microbial Growth and Activity in Deep Space	6
The Impact of the Viking Entry, Descent, and Landing Legacy on Future Mars Exploration	6
Quantifying the Potential for Nitrate-Dependent Iron Oxidation on Early Mars: Implications for the Interpretation of Gale Crater Organics	6
Terrestrial Abiotic Synthesis of Simple Precursor Molecules Starting from Two Approaches: The Universality of Carbon Reduction	6
Biosignatures Preserved in Carbonate Nodules from the Western Qaidam Basin, NW China: Implications for Life Detection on Mars	6
Experimental Evidence for a Microbial Origin of Reduction Spots in Red Beds on Earth—and Mars?	6
Effects of Desiccation and Freezing on Microbial Ionizing Radiation Survivability: Considerations for Mars Sample Return	6
Introduction to the Life Detection Knowledge Base Project	6
UVC-Intense Exoplanets May Not Be Uninhabitable: Evidence from a Desert Lichen	5
Critical Aspects of Material Selection in the Packaging and Transporting of Returned Extraterrestrial Samples	5
Inverse Relationship Between Halophilic Growth and Cell Integrity Under Extremely Chaotropic Conditions	5
Self-Oxidation of the Atmospheres of Rocky Planets with Implications for the Origin of Life	5
Chapter 5: Major Biological Innovations in the History of Life on Earth	5
Solid-Phase Microextraction for Organic Contamination Control Throughout Assembly and Operational Phases of Space Missions	5
The Design and Delivery of an Astrobiology Massive Open Online Class	5
Biomarker Preservation in Antarctic Sandstones after Prolonged Space Exposure Outside the International Space Station During the ESA EXPOSE-E Lichens and Fungi Experiment	5
Organic Catalytic Activity as a Method for Agnostic Life Detection	5
CO 2 and H 2 S in Abiogenic Hydrocarbon Synthesis and the Emergence of Prebiological States	5
Life Is Uncertain: Inherent Variability Exhibited by Organisms, and at Higher Levels of Biological Organization	5
Correction to: Astrobiology 2024;24(3):230–274	5
BioSentinel: Validating Sensitivity of Yeast Biosensors to Deep Space Relevant Radiation	5
Spectral Detection of Nanophase Iron Minerals Produced by Fe(III)-Reducing Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaea	5
Identification and Archive of Mars 2020 Spacecraft Microbial Isolates	5
Radiolytic Effects on Biological and Abiotic Amino Acids in Shallow Subsurface Ices on Europa and Enceladus	5
Informing Planetary Protection Policies for the Future Exploration of Ceres: State of Understanding after the Dawn Mission	5
Chemical Gardens Mimic Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectra and Morphology of Biogenic Mn Oxides	5
Searching for Life in Hot Spring Carbonate Systems: Investigating Raman Spectra of Carotenoid-Bearing Organic Carbonaceous Inclusions from Travertines of Italy	5
Characterizing Microbial Communities in >7000- and >180,000-Year-Old Antarctic Permafrost Using a Low-Biomass Decontamination Protocol	5
Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Detection of Biogenicity Using Laboratory Specimens of Biologically and Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures in a Controlled Experiment	5
A Pressure-Supported Pneumatic Architecture for Robust Deep Drilling on Mars: Performance Modeling, Sizing, and Mission Integration	5
Theoretical Investigation into a Possibility of Formation of Propylene Oxide Homochirality in Space	5
Jack Dwayne Farmer: April 18, 1947–February 22, 2023	5
Evaporitic Preservation of Modern Carotenoid Biomarkers and Halophilic Microorganisms in Mars Analog Hypersaline Environments	5
Correction to: Astrobiology 2023; 23(4): 415–430	5
Plasma and Thermal Processing Leading to Latitudinal and Temporal Variability of the Trapped O 2 at Europa and Ganymede	5
Heterotrophic Growth Dominates in the Most Extremotolerant Extremophile Cultures	5
Remote Detection of Red Edge Spectral Characteristics in Floating Aquatic Vegetation	5
Toward Process-Driven Research in Astrobiology: Stepping Away from the Binary Biogenicity Versus Abiogenicity Approach	5
BioSentinel: A Biological CubeSat for Deep Space Exploration	4
Lipid Biomarkers in Microbialites from a Maar Lake: An Astrobiological Study of Biomarker Preservation under Mars Analog Conditions	4
The ‘Oumuamua Controversy: Bayesian Priors and the Evolution of Technological Intelligence	4
The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project	4
Information Transmission via Molecular Communication in Astrobiological Environments	4
Foundation Models for Astrobiology: Paper I—Workshop and Overview	4
The Abiotic Background as a Central Component of a Sample Safety Assessment Protocol for Sample Return	4
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Dave Charbonneau	4
Revisiting Darwin’s Warm Little Pond in the 21st Century: Land-Based Scenarios for Life’s Origins	4
A One-Dimensional Energy Balance Model Parameterization for the Formation of CO 2 Ice on the Surfaces of Eccentric Extrasolar Planets	4
Stability of 20 Biogenic Amino Acids in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid: Implications for the Habitability of Venus' Clouds	4
Production of Organic Precursors via Meteoritic Impacts and Its Implications for Prebiotic Inventory of Early Planetary Surfaces	4
Rapid Destruction of Lipid Biomarkers Under Simulated Cosmic Radiation	4
Investigating Polyextremophilic Bacteria in Al Wahbah Crater, Saudi Arabia: A Terrestrial Model for Life on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus	4
Solid-State Single-Molecule Sensing with the Electronic Life-Detection Instrument for Enceladus/Europa (ELIE)	4
Viking Science	4
Selection and Analytical Performances of the Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer Gas Chromatographic Columns to Support the Search for Organic Molecules of Astrobiological Interest on Titan	4
The Determination of the Spatial Distribution of Indigenous Lipid Biomarkers in an Immature Jurassic Sediment Using Time-of-Flight–Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry	4
The Emergence of Astrobiology: A Topic-Modeling Perspective	4

Detectability of Surface Biosignatures for Directly Imaged Rocky Exoplanets	4
High-Pressure Torsion-Induced Transformation of Adenosine Monophosphate: Insights into Prebiotic Chemistry of RNA by Astronomical Impacts	4
Constraining the Rosalind Franklin Rover/Ma_MISS Instrument Capability in the Detection of Organics	4
Aeolian Biodispersal of Terrestrial Microorganisms on Mars Through Saltation Bombardment of Spacecraft	4
Ribose Accumulation in Borate-Rich Prebiotic Environments	4
Survival of Environment-Derived Opportunistic Bacterial Pathogens to Martian Conditions: Is There a Concern for Human Missions to Mars?	4
Is There Such a Thing as a Biosignature?	4
Viking’s Heirs: The Rise of Planetary Flyers	4
Mechanism of Prebiotic Uracil Synthesis from Urea and HC 3 O + in Space	4
Translation as a Biosignature	4
IMPRESS: A Planetary Penetrator Network for Astrobiology, Prospecting, and Exploration of Mars	4
The Possible Aqueous Origins of Manganese Alteration Minerals in the Máaz Formation of Jezero Crater	3
Pareto Optimality: Another Way to Find Life?	3
Impact of Various Inactivation Approaches on Surrogate Proteinaceous Particles for Sample Return Missions	3
A Novel Abiotic Pathway for Phosphine Synthesis over Acidic Dust in Venus' Atmosphere	3
Investigation of the Cytotoxicity of Mars-Relevant Minerals upon Abrasion	3
Ice Transit and Performance Analysis for Cryorobotic Subglacial Access Missions on Earth and Europa	3
Mars 2020 Mission Biological Return Sample Contamination Control Approach and Verification	3
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Diana Valencia	3
Desorption of Terrestrial Noble Gases in Mars 2020 Sample Tubes: Implications for Mars Sample Return	3
Remote Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy of Bacterial Growths in Carbonate Rocks in a Mars-like Atmosphere	3
Laminae as Potential Biosignatures	3
Origin of Silicate Spherules and Geochemistry of Re and Platinum-Group Elements Within Microfossil-Bearing Archean Chert from the 3.4 Ga Strelley Pool Formation, Western Australia	3
‘Oumuamua Is Not a Probe Sent to Our Solar System by an Alien Civilization	3
A Microbial Survival Model for the Permanently Shadowed Regions of the Moon Shows Long-Term Survival of Terrestrial Microbial Contamination	3
Variable and Large Losses of Diagnostic Biomarkers After Simulated Cosmic Radiation Exposure in Clay- and Carbonate-Rich Mars Analog Samples	3
Foreword to the Astrobiology Primer 3.0	3
Beyond Homochirality: Computer Modeling Hints of Heterochiral Proteins in Early and Extraterrestrial Life	3
Nanophase Goethite as a Promising Target in the Search for Past Life on Mars	3
Microbial Response to Increased Temperatures Within a Lava-Induced Hydrothermal System in Iceland: An Analogue for the Habitability of Volcanic Terrains on Mars	3
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2024 Award Recipient for Astrobiology	3
In Memoriam: David Hochberg February 3, 1957–December 30, 2023	3
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Identifying Amino Acid Isomers with Mass Spectrometry on Icy Ocean Moons	3
A Method to Increase and Document the Impact of Astrobiology Education and Public Outreach	3
Sterilization of Stainless-Steel Surfaces Using Ultraviolet Radiation Produced by Light-Emitting Diodes	3
Timing and Likelihood of the Origin of Life Derived from Post-Impact Highly Reducing Atmospheres	3
Fluorescence Microscopy with Deep UV, Near UV, and Visible Excitation for In Situ Detection of Microorganisms	3
Cold-Water CO 2 Geysers as Ocean World Plume Analogs: Investigation of Habitability Indicators in Crystal and Champagne Geysers Pre- and Posteruption	3
Correction to: Astrobiology 2023;23(12):1303–1336	3
Unavoidable Extinctions in Ecosystems of Extreme Isolation	3