Astrobiology

Article	Citations
Chapter 10: Planetary Protection—History, Science, and the Future	59
Ultraviolet Resistance of Microorganisms Isolated from Uranium-Rich Minerals from Perus, Brazil	51
Deoxyribonucleic Acid Extraction from Mars Analog Soils and Their Characterization with Solid-State Nanopores	42
Proteomic Insights into Psychrophile Growth in Perchlorate-Amended Subzero Conditions: Implications for Martian Life Detection	42
Extremophiles in Earth's Deep Seas: A View Toward Life in Exo-Oceans	41
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Comment on Bak et al.	39
Hydrothermal Regeneration of Ammonium as a Basin-Scale Driver of Primary Productivity	37
Novel Chimeric Amino Acid-Fatty Alcohol Ester Amphiphiles Self-Assemble into Stable Primitive Membranes in Diverse Geological Settings	37
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	36
Self-Shielding Enhanced Organics Synthesis in an Early Reduced Earth’s Atmosphere	33
Sharp Rise in Cosmic Ray Irradiation of Organisms on Earth Caused by a Nearby SN Shockwave Passage	31
Exploiting the Unique Biology of Caenorhabditis elegans to Launch Neurodegeneration Studies in Space	27
The Call for a New Definition of Biosignature	26
Challenges and Opportunities in Using Amino Acids to Decode Carbonaceous Chondrite and Asteroid Parent Body Processes	26
What Would an Alien Amino Acid Alphabet Look Like and Why?	25
Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (LITMS) Instrument Field and Laboratory Tests as Part of the ARADS Field Campaigns	25
An Accounting of Contamination Control Requirements, Implementation, and Verification of the Sample Tubes for the Mars 2020 Mission and Future Return Sample Science	25
Protective Effects of Halite to Vacuum and Vacuum-Ultraviolet Radiation: A Potential Scenario During a Young Sun Superflare	24
Haloferax volcanii Remains Viable and Shows Morphological Changes under Anoxic (CO 2 -Enriched) and Hypobaric (2.4 kPa) At	23
Boron as a Hypothetical Participant in the Prebiological Enantiomeric Enrichment	22
Traces of Bacterial Contribution to Calcite Weathering Detected by Statistical Characterizations of Surface Microtopography	21
Mesoarchean Microbial Cd, Ba, and Ni Cycling: Evidence for Photosynthesis in Pongola Group Stromatolites through Novel Stable Isotopes and High-Resolution Trace Element Maps	20
Correction to: Simplified Meteorite Parent Body Alteration of Amino Acids by Hydrothermal Processes (Doi: 10.1089/Ast.2024.0096)	20
Eta-Earth Revisited I: A Formula for Estimating the Maximum Number of Earth-Like Habitats	20
Structural Biosignatures—A Category of Potential Biosignatures in the Life Detection Knowledge Base	19

Organic Biosignature Degradation in Hydrothermal and Serpentinizing Environments: Implications for Life Detection on Icy Moons and Mars	19
The New Astronomical Frontier of Interstellar Objects	19
Nitrogen Incorporation in Potassic and Micro- and Meso-Porous Minerals: Potential Biogeochemical Records and Targets for Mars Sampling	19
Duplex Formation and the Origins of Homochirality	19
Undecanoic Acid and L-Phenylalanine in Vermiculite: Detection, Characterization, and UV Degradation Studies for Biosignature Identification on Mars	19
Astrobiological Implications of Interstellar Material in the Solar System	19
A Review of the “Black Beauty” Martian Regolith Breccia and Its Martian Habitability Record	19
Measurement of Photochemical Haze Refractive Indices and Hygroscopicity: Influence of CO 2 in CH 4	18
UV Transmission in Prebiotic Environments on Early Earth	18
Crystal Habits as Potential Biosignatures	18
Strong Evidence that Abiogenesis Is a Rapid Process on Earth Analogs	18
Effects of UV and Calcium Perchlorates on Uracil Deposited on Strontium Fluoride Substrates at Mars Pressure and Temperature	16
Prebiotic Nucleoside Phosphorylation in a Simulated Deep-Sea Supercritical Carbon Dioxide–Water Two-Phase Environment	16
Quantum Dots in Peroxidase-like Chemistry and Formamide-Based Hot Spring Synthesis of Nucleobases	15
Using Organic Contaminants to Constrain the Terrestrial Journey of the Martian Meteorite Lafayette	15
An Interview with Dr. Sara Seager	14
Final Report of the Mars Sample Return Science Planning Group 2 (MSPG2)	14
The Impact of Extreme Low Temperatures on Raman Spectra of Amino Acids Relevant for the Search for Life on Europa	14
Absorption and Scattering of UV and Visible Light Through Simulated Martian Regoliths and Rock Samples	14
Planetary Protection Knowledge Gap Closure Enabling Crewed Missions to Mars	13
Out of Thin Air? Astrobiology and Atmospheric Chemotrophy	13
Catalytic Synthesis of Polyribonucleic Acid on Prebiotic Rock Glasses	13
Future of the Search for Life: Workshop Report	12
Spectroscopic Protocol for Biosignature Detection: Arctic Ice Samples as Analogs for Icy Moons	12
Bridging Place-Based Astrobiology Education with Genomics, Including Descriptions of Three Novel Bacterial Species Isolated from Mars Analog Sites of Cultural Relevance	12
Different Scenarios for the Origin and the Subsequent Succession of a Hypothetical Microbial Community in the Cloud Layer of Venus	12
The Radiation Environment of Ceres and Implications for Surface Sampling	12
Geochemical Mobility of Elements in Antarctic Environments Affected by CO 2 -Rich Hydrothermal Fluids: Astrobiological Implications	12
Chemical, Thermal, and Radiation Resistance of an Iron Porphyrin: A Model Study of Biosignature Stability	12
Humid Evolution of Haze in the Atmosphere of Super-Earths in the Habitable Zone	11
Determining the “Biosignature Threshold” for Life Detection on Biotic, Abiotic, or Prebiotic Worlds	11
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2023 Award Recipient for Astrobiology	11
An Overview of Lipid Biomarkers in Terrestrial Extreme Environments with Relevance for Mars Exploration	11
Eta-Earth Revisited II: Deriving a Maximum Number of Earth-Like Habitats in the Galactic Disk	11
Chapter 4: A Geological and Chemical Context for the Origins of Life on Early Earth	11
Quantifying the Bioavailable Energy in an Ancient Hydrothermal Vent on Mars and a Modern Earth-Based Analog	10
Dispersion of Bacteria by Low-Pressure Boiling: Life Detection in Enceladus' Plume Material	10
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Reply to the Comment by Minns et al.	10
Experimental Identification of Potential Martian Biosignatures in Open and Closed Systems	10
Recovery of Lipid Biomarkers in Hot Spring Digitate Silica Sinter as Analogs for Potential Biosignatures on Mars: Results from Laboratory and Flight-Like Experiments	10
Life Detection Knowledge Base: Assessment Criteria for Potential Biosignatures	10
Simple Lipids Form Stable Higher-Order Structures in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid	10
Preliminary Planning for Mars Sample Return (MSR) Curation Activities in a Sample Receiving Facility (SRF)	10
Considerations for Detecting Organic Indicators of Metabolism on Enceladus	10
Are Large Sulfur Isotope Variations Biosignatures in an Ancient, Impact-Induced Hydrothermal Mars Analog?	10
Recommendation on Orbiting Sample Cleanliness	10
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Jim Kasting	10
Preservation of Extracellular Sheaths Produced by Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria: An Analog for Potential Morphological Biosignatures on Mars	9
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	9
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2022 Award Recipient for Astrobiology	9

Mars Sample Return Sample Receiving Project Measurement Definition Team Final Report	9
Building Identity and Community for Early Career Professionals in the Emerging Field of Astrobiology	9
Testing Abiotic Reduction of NAD + Directly Mediated by Iron/Sulfur Minerals	9
Inducing Homochirality Through Intermediary Catalytic Species: A Stochastic Approach	9
Preservation of Terrestrial Microorganisms and Organics Within Alteration Products of Chondritic Meteorites from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia	9
A Bayesian Analysis of the Probability of the Origin of Life Per Site Conducive to Abiogenesis	9
Astrobiology by Gavriil Tikhov	9
Ancient Siliciclastic–Evaporites as Seen by Remote Sensing Instrumentation with Implications for the Rover-Scale Exploration of Sedimentary Environments on Mars	9
Mathematical Model of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants' Stability Under Space Flight Conditions	9
Impact of M Dwarfs Ultraviolet Radiation on Prebiotic Chemistry: The Case of Adenine	8
Does Gaia Play Dice? Simple Models of Non-Darwinian Selection	8
Directional Aspects of Vegetation Linear and Circular Polarization Biosignatures	8
Photochemical Synthesis of Ammonia and Amino Acids from Nitrous Oxide	8
Effects of Desiccation and Freezing on Microbial Ionizing Radiation Survivability: Considerations for Mars Sample Return	8
Introduction to the Life Detection Knowledge Base Project	8
Microbial Motility at the Bottom of North America: Digital Holographic Microscopy and Genomic Motility Signatures in Badwater Spring, Death Valley National Park	8
Evaluation of Decontamination Potential of Wet Wipes Against Microbial Contamination of Chinese Spacecraft Materials	8
Integrated Molar Absorptivity of Mid- and Far-Infrared Spectra of Alanine and a Selection of Other Five Amino Acids of Astrobiological Relevance	8
Life Detection on Icy Moons Using Flow Cytometry and Exogenous Fluorescent Stains	8
Experimental Models on the Prebiotic Formation of Biopolymer Building Blocks	8
DNA Polymerization in Icy Moon Abyssal Pressure Conditions	8
Preface to Eta-Earth Revisited: How Common Are Earth-like Habitats in the Galaxy?	8
Mars Sample Return (MSR): Planning for Returned Sample Science	7
Biosignatures Preserved in Carbonate Nodules from the Western Qaidam Basin, NW China: Implications for Life Detection on Mars	7
Self-Assembled Structures Formed in CO 2 -Enriched Atmospheres: A Case-Study for Martian Biomimetic Forms	7
Evaporitic Preservation of Modern Carotenoid Biomarkers and Halophilic Microorganisms in Mars Analog Hypersaline Environments	7
Analysis of Early Iron Sulfide, Carbonate, and Phosphate Mineral Analogues Produced by Flow-Driven Precipitation in a Microchannel	7
Inverse Relationship Between Halophilic Growth and Cell Integrity Under Extremely Chaotropic Conditions	7
Quantifying the Potential for Nitrate-Dependent Iron Oxidation on Early Mars: Implications for the Interpretation of Gale Crater Organics	7
BioSentinel: A Biofluidic Nanosatellite Monitoring Microbial Growth and Activity in Deep Space	7
Aquatic Ferrous Solutions of Prebiotic Mineral Salts as Strong UV Protectants and Possible Loci of Life Origin	7
A Machine-Learning Approach to Biosignature Exploration on Early Earth and Mars Using Sulfur Isotope and Trace Element Data in Pyrite	7
Stromatolite-like Structures Within Microbially Laminated Sandstones of the Paleoarchean Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa	7
Raman Spectroscopic and Microbial Study of Biofilms Hosted Gypsum Deposits in the Hypersaline Wetlands: Astrobiological Perspective	7
Characterizing Microbial Communities in >7000- and >180,000-Year-Old Antarctic Permafrost Using a Low-Biomass Decontamination Protocol	7
Theoretical Investigation into a Possibility of Formation of Propylene Oxide Homochirality in Space	6
Self-Oxidation of the Atmospheres of Rocky Planets with Implications for the Origin of Life	6
CO 2 and H 2 S in Abiogenic Hydrocarbon Synthesis and the Emergence of Prebiological States	6
Characterization of the Halochromic Gloeocapsin Pigment, a Cyanobacterial Biosignature for Paleobiology and Astrobiology	6
Jack Dwayne Farmer: April 18, 1947–February 22, 2023	6
BioSentinel: Validating Sensitivity of Yeast Biosensors to Deep Space Relevant Radiation	6
Space Weathering: Processing Velocities in Organic Materials as a Function of Electron Beam Energies—Solar Electron Erosion Rate Application	6
Correction to: Astrobiology 2024;24(3):230–274	6
Toward Process-Driven Research in Astrobiology: Stepping Away from the Binary Biogenicity Versus Abiogenicity Approach	6
Spectral Detection of Nanophase Iron Minerals Produced by Fe(III)-Reducing Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaea	6
Organic Catalytic Activity as a Method for Agnostic Life Detection	6
Radiolytic Effects on Biological and Abiotic Amino Acids in Shallow Subsurface Ices on Europa and Enceladus	6
Inefficient Water Degassing Inhibits Ocean Formation on Rocky Planets: An Insight from Self-Consistent Mantle Degassing Models	6
UVC-Intense Exoplanets May Not Be Uninhabitable: Evidence from a Desert Lichen	6
Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Detection of Biogenicity Using Laboratory Specimens of Biologically and Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures in a Controlled Experiment	6
Life Is Uncertain: Inherent Variability Exhibited by Organisms, and at Higher Levels of Biological Organization	6
Critical Aspects of Material Selection in the Packaging and Transporting of Returned Extraterrestrial Samples	6
Biomarker Preservation in Antarctic Sandstones after Prolonged Space Exposure Outside the International Space Station During the ESA EXPOSE-E Lichens and Fungi Experiment	5
Solid-Phase Microextraction for Organic Contamination Control Throughout Assembly and Operational Phases of Space Missions	5
Investigating Polyextremophilic Bacteria in Al Wahbah Crater, Saudi Arabia: A Terrestrial Model for Life on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus	5
Aeolian Biodispersal of Terrestrial Microorganisms on Mars Through Saltation Bombardment of Spacecraft	5
Searching for Life in Hot Spring Carbonate Systems: Investigating Raman Spectra of Carotenoid-Bearing Organic Carbonaceous Inclusions from Travertines of Italy	5
Remote Detection of Red Edge Spectral Characteristics in Floating Aquatic Vegetation	5
Screening the Survival of Cyanobacteria Under Perchlorate Stress. Potential Implications for Mars In Situ Resource Utilization	5
Bacterial Growth in Brines Formed by the Deliquescence of Salts Relevant to Cold Arid Worlds	5
The ‘Oumuamua Controversy: Bayesian Priors and the Evolution of Technological Intelligence	5
Identification and Archive of Mars 2020 Spacecraft Microbial Isolates	5
Constraining the Rosalind Franklin Rover/Ma_MISS Instrument Capability in the Detection of Organics	5
Chapter 5: Major Biological Innovations in the History of Life on Earth	5
Correction to: Astrobiology 2023; 23(4): 415–430	5
Heterotrophic Growth Dominates in the Most Extremotolerant Extremophile Cultures	5
Rapid Destruction of Lipid Biomarkers Under Simulated Cosmic Radiation	5
The Design and Delivery of an Astrobiology Massive Open Online Class	5
Stability of 20 Biogenic Amino Acids in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid: Implications for the Habitability of Venus' Clouds	5
Planetary Minerals Catalyze Conversion of a Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon to a Prebiotic Quinone: Implications for Origins of Life	4
BioSentinel: A Biological CubeSat for Deep Space Exploration	4
The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project	4
Synthesis of Phospholipids Under Plausible Prebiotic Conditions and Analogies with Phospholipid Biochemistry for Origin of Life Studies	4
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Dave Charbonneau	4
The Bioburden and Ionic Composition of Hypersaline Lake Ices: Novel Habitats on Earth and Their Astrobiological Implications	4
Abiotic Formation of Calcium Oxalate under UV Irradiation and Implications for Biomarker Detection on Mars	4
Remote Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy of Bacterial Growths in Carbonate Rocks in a Mars-like Atmosphere	4
Correction to: Astrobiology 2023;23(12):1303–1336	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
Survival of Environment-Derived Opportunistic Bacterial Pathogens to Martian Conditions: Is There a Concern for Human Missions to Mars?	4

Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Diana Valencia	4
Translation as a Biosignature	4
Chemical Gardens Mimic Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectra and Morphology of Biogenic Mn Oxides	4
Solid-State Single-Molecule Sensing with the Electronic Life-Detection Instrument for Enceladus/Europa (ELIE)	4
Habitability Is Binary, But It Is Used by Astrobiologists to Encompass Continuous Ecological Questions	4
A One-Dimensional Energy Balance Model Parameterization for the Formation of CO 2 Ice on the Surfaces of Eccentric Extrasolar Planets	4
‘Oumuamua Is Not a Probe Sent to Our Solar System by an Alien Civilization	4
Desorption of Terrestrial Noble Gases in Mars 2020 Sample Tubes: Implications for Mars Sample Return	4
Mars 2020 Mission Biological Return Sample Contamination Control Approach and Verification	4
Acritarch-like Microorganisms from the 1.9 Ga Gunflint Chert, Canada	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
Microbial Response to Increased Temperatures Within a Lava-Induced Hydrothermal System in Iceland: An Analogue for the Habitability of Volcanic Terrains on Mars	4
Mechanism of Prebiotic Uracil Synthesis from Urea and HC 3 O + in Space	4
Is There Such a Thing as a Biosignature?	4
The Emergence of Astrobiology: A Topic-Modeling Perspective	4
Information Transmission via Molecular Communication in Astrobiological Environments	4
Detectability of Surface Biosignatures for Directly Imaged Rocky Exoplanets	4
Soil Carbon Dioxide Planetary Thermostat	4
Mineral Matrix Effects on Pyrolysis Products of Kerogens Infer Difficulties in Determining Biological Provenance of Macromolecular Organic Matter at Mars	4
Diagnosing an Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen on Spaceflight-Grown Plants Using the MinION Sequencing Platform	4
Unavoidable Extinctions in Ecosystems of Extreme Isolation	4
The Abiotic Background as a Central Component of a Sample Safety Assessment Protocol for Sample Return	4
Fluorescence Microscopy with Deep UV, Near UV, and Visible Excitation for In Situ Detection of Microorganisms	4
Foundation Models for Astrobiology: Paper I—Workshop and Overview	4
Investigation of the Cytotoxicity of Mars-Relevant Minerals upon Abrasion	3
In Memoriam: David Hochberg February 3, 1957–December 30, 2023	3
Communicating Discoveries in the Search for Life in the Universe Workshop Report	3
A Novel Abiotic Pathway for Phosphine Synthesis over Acidic Dust in Venus' Atmosphere	3
Higher Microbial Biomass Accumulation on El Médano 464 Meteorite Compared with Adjacent Soils in the Atacama Desert	3
Mass Spectrometric Fingerprints of Bacteria and Archaea for Life Detection on Icy Moons	3
Assessment of Automated Nucleic Acid Extraction Systems in Combination with MinION Sequencing As Potential Tools for the Detection of Microbial Biosignatures	3
Life Detection on Icy Moons Using Flow Cytometry and Intrinsically Fluorescent Biomolecules	3
Freshwater and Evaporite Brine Compositions on Hadean Earth: Priming the Origins of Life	3
Sterilization of Stainless-Steel Surfaces Using Ultraviolet Radiation Produced by Light-Emitting Diodes	3
Microbial Communities in Saltpan Sediments Show Tolerance to Mars Analog Conditions, but Susceptibility to Chloride and Perchlorate Toxicity	3
The Origin of Life: What Is the Question?	3
Beyond Homochirality: Computer Modeling Hints of Heterochiral Proteins in Early and Extraterrestrial Life	3
Foreword to the Astrobiology Primer 3.0	3
Timing and Likelihood of the Origin of Life Derived from Post-Impact Highly Reducing Atmospheres	3
Confidence of Life Detection: The Problem of Unconceived Alternatives	3
Science Objectives for Flagship-Class Mission Concepts for the Search for Evidence of Life at Enceladus	3
Nitrogen Cycling and Biosignatures in a Hyperarid Mars Analog Environment	3
The Raman Active Vibrational Modes of Anthraquinones	3
The Concept of Life on Venus Informs the Concept of Habitability	3
On the Possibility of an Artificial Origin for ‘Oumuamua	3
A Microbial Survival Model for the Permanently Shadowed Regions of the Moon Shows Long-Term Survival of Terrestrial Microbial Contamination	3
Astrobiological Potential of Fe/Mg Smectites with Special Emphasis on Jezero Crater, Mars 2020 Landing Site	3
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2024 Award Recipient for Astrobiology	3
Ice Transit and Performance Analysis for Cryorobotic Subglacial Access Missions on Earth and Europa	3
A Method to Increase and Document the Impact of Astrobiology Education and Public Outreach	3
Life Detection Knowledge Base: A Community Tool for Knowledge Management and Representation	3
Microbial Ecology of an Arctic Travertine Geothermal Spring: Implications for Biosignature Preservation and Astrobiology	3
Planning Implications Related to Sterilization-Sensitive Science Investigations Associated with Mars Sample Return (MSR)	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
Planetary Protection Assessment of Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG)–Powered Landed Missions to Ocean Worlds: Application to Enceladus	3
Chapter 6: The Breadth and Limits of Life on Earth	3
Variable and Large Losses of Diagnostic Biomarkers After Simulated Cosmic Radiation Exposure in Clay- and Carbonate-Rich Mars Analog Samples	3
Study of the Stability of Gly·MgSO 4 ·5H 2 O under Simulated Martian Conditions by	3