Astrobiology

Article	Citations
Habitability Models for Astrobiology	145
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Comment on Bak et al.	82
Chapter 10: Planetary Protection—History, Science, and the Future	57
Biogeographical Modeling of Alien Worlds	46
Extremophiles in Earth's Deep Seas: A View Toward Life in Exo-Oceans	44
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	39
Novel Chimeric Amino Acid-Fatty Alcohol Ester Amphiphiles Self-Assemble into Stable Primitive Membranes in Diverse Geological Settings	37
Ultraviolet Resistance of Microorganisms Isolated from Uranium-Rich Minerals from Perus, Brazil	37
Deoxyribonucleic Acid Extraction from Mars Analog Soils and Their Characterization with Solid-State Nanopores	35
Hydrothermal Regeneration of Ammonium as a Basin-Scale Driver of Primary Productivity	34
Self-Shielding Enhanced Organics Synthesis in an Early Reduced Earth’s Atmosphere	33
Proteomic Insights into Psychrophile Growth in Perchlorate-Amended Subzero Conditions: Implications for Martian Life Detection	32
Scientific Targets of Tanpopo: Astrobiology Exposure and Micrometeoroid Capture Experiments at the Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility of the International Space Station	31
The Call for a New Definition of Biosignature	31
Exobiology of the Venusian Clouds: New Insights into Habitability through Terrestrial Models and Methods of Detection	30
Traces of Bacterial Contribution to Calcite Weathering Detected by Statistical Characterizations of Surface Microtopography	29
Sharp Rise in Cosmic Ray Irradiation of Organisms on Earth Caused by a Nearby SN Shockwave Passage	27
An Accounting of Contamination Control Requirements, Implementation, and Verification of the Sample Tubes for the Mars 2020 Mission and Future Return Sample Science	27
The Venus Life Equation	27
What Would an Alien Amino Acid Alphabet Look Like and Why?	27
Mesoarchean Microbial Cd, Ba, and Ni Cycling: Evidence for Photosynthesis in Pongola Group Stromatolites through Novel Stable Isotopes and High-Resolution Trace Element Maps	26
Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (LITMS) Instrument Field and Laboratory Tests as Part of the ARADS Field Campaigns	26
Exploiting the Unique Biology of Caenorhabditis elegans to Launch Neurodegeneration Studies in Space	26
Boron as a Hypothetical Participant in the Prebiological Enantiomeric Enrichment	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 (CO2-Enriched) and Hypobaric (2.4 kPa) Atmospheric Conditions	23
Magma Ocean Evolution of the TRAPPIST-1 Planets	23
Challenges and Opportunities in Using Amino Acids to Decode Carbonaceous Chondrite and Asteroid Parent Body Processes	22
Organic Biosignature Degradation in Hydrothermal and Serpentinizing Environments: Implications for Life Detection on Icy Moons and Mars	22
Strong Evidence that Abiogenesis Is a Rapid Process on Earth Analogs	22
Astrobiological Implications of Interstellar Material in the Solar System	21
A Review of the “Black Beauty” Martian Regolith Breccia and Its Martian Habitability Record	21
Eta-Earth Revisited I: A Formula for Estimating the Maximum Number of Earth-Like Habitats	21
Planning the Human Future Beyond Earth with the Prison Population: The Life Beyond Project	20
Correction to: Simplified Meteorite Parent Body Alteration of Amino Acids by Hydrothermal Processes (Doi: 10.1089/Ast.2024.0096)	19
Undecanoic Acid and L-Phenylalanine in Vermiculite: Detection, Characterization, and UV Degradation Studies for Biosignature Identification on Mars	19
UV Transmission in Prebiotic Environments on Early Earth	18
Duplex Formation and the Origins of Homochirality	18
Nitrogen Incorporation in Potassic and Micro- and Meso-Porous Minerals: Potential Biogeochemical Records and Targets for Mars Sampling	18
The New Astronomical Frontier of Interstellar Objects	18
An Interview with Dr. Sara Seager	18
The Impact of Extreme Low Temperatures on Raman Spectra of Amino Acids Relevant for the Search for Life on Europa	17
Prebiotic Nucleoside Phosphorylation in a Simulated Deep-Sea Supercritical Carbon Dioxide–Water Two-Phase Environment	17
Effects of UV and Calcium Perchlorates on Uracil Deposited on Strontium Fluoride Substrates at Mars Pressure and Temperature	17
Absorption and Scattering of UV and Visible Light Through Simulated Martian Regoliths and Rock Samples	16
Space Radiation Dosimetry at the Exposure Facility of the International Space Station for the Tanpopo Mission	16
Fusarium oxysporumas an Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen onZinnia hybridaPlants Grown on board the International Space Station	16
Out of Thin Air? Astrobiology and Atmospheric Chemotrophy	15
Final Report of the Mars Sample Return Science Planning Group 2 (MSPG2)	15
Using Organic Contaminants to Constrain the Terrestrial Journey of the Martian Meteorite Lafayette	14
Quantum Dots in Peroxidase-like Chemistry and Formamide-Based Hot Spring Synthesis of Nucleobases	14
Nitrogen Fixation at Early Mars	14
Future of the Search for Life: Workshop Report	14
Catalytic Synthesis of Polyribonucleic Acid on Prebiotic Rock Glasses	14
Bridging Place-Based Astrobiology Education with Genomics, Including Descriptions of Three Novel Bacterial Species Isolated from Mars Analog Sites of Cultural Relevance	13
Planetary Protection Knowledge Gap Closure Enabling Crewed Missions to Mars	13
Determining the “Biosignature Threshold” for Life Detection on Biotic, Abiotic, or Prebiotic Worlds	12
The Radiation Environment of Ceres and Implications for Surface Sampling	12
Spectroscopic Protocol for Biosignature Detection: Arctic Ice Samples as Analogs for Icy Moons	12
Different Scenarios for the Origin and the Subsequent Succession of a Hypothetical Microbial Community in the Cloud Layer of Venus	12
Chapter 4: A Geological and Chemical Context for the Origins of Life on Early Earth	12
Introducing the Venus Collection—Papers from the First Workshop on Habitability of the Cloud Layer	11
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Jim Kasting	11
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Reply to the Comment by Minns et al.	11
Recommendation on Orbiting Sample Cleanliness	11
An Overview of Lipid Biomarkers in Terrestrial Extreme Environments with Relevance for Mars Exploration	11
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2023 Award Recipient for Astrobiology	11
Experimental Identification of Potential Martian Biosignatures in Open and Closed Systems	11
Chemical, Thermal, and Radiation Resistance of an Iron Porphyrin: A Model Study of Biosignature Stability	11
Venus, an Astrobiology Target	11
Preliminary Planning for Mars Sample Return (MSR) Curation Activities in a Sample Receiving Facility (SRF)	10
Eta-Earth Revisited II: Deriving a Maximum Number of Earth-Like Habitats in the Galactic Disk	10
Dispersion of Bacteria by Low-Pressure Boiling: Life Detection in Enceladus' Plume Material	10
Are Large Sulfur Isotope Variations Biosignatures in an Ancient, Impact-Induced Hydrothermal Mars Analog?	10
Humid Evolution of Haze in the Atmosphere of Super-Earths in the Habitable Zone	10

Considerations for Detecting Organic Indicators of Metabolism on Enceladus	10
Simple Lipids Form Stable Higher-Order Structures in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid	10
Inducing Homochirality Through Intermediary Catalytic Species: A Stochastic Approach	9
The Venusian Lower Atmosphere Haze as a Depot for Desiccated Microbial Life: A Proposed Life Cycle for Persistence of the Venusian Aerial Biosphere	9
Quantifying the Bioavailable Energy in an Ancient Hydrothermal Vent on Mars and a Modern Earth-Based Analog	9
Pyrolysis of Carboxylic Acids in the Presence of Iron Oxides: Implications for Life Detection on Missions to Mars	9
Recovery of Lipid Biomarkers in Hot Spring Digitate Silica Sinter as Analogs for Potential Biosignatures on Mars: Results from Laboratory and Flight-Like Experiments	9
Mathematical Model of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants' Stability Under Space Flight Conditions	9
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2022 Award Recipient for Astrobiology	9
A Bayesian Analysis of the Probability of the Origin of Life Per Site Conducive to Abiogenesis	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
Building Identity and Community for Early Career Professionals in the Emerging Field of Astrobiology	8
Preservation of Terrestrial Microorganisms and Organics Within Alteration Products of Chondritic Meteorites from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia	8
Integrated Molar Absorptivity of Mid- and Far-Infrared Spectra of Alanine and a Selection of Other Five Amino Acids of Astrobiological Relevance	8
Organic Material Distribution in Mars-Analog Volcanic Rocks, as Determined with Ultraviolet Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy	8
Preservation and Distributions of Covalently Bound Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons in Ancient Biogenic Kerogens and Insoluble Organic Macromolecules	8
Astrobiology by Gavriil Tikhov	8
Preservation of Extracellular Sheaths Produced by Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria: An Analog for Potential Morphological Biosignatures on Mars	8
Does Gaia Play Dice? Simple Models of Non-Darwinian Selection	8
Evaluation of Decontamination Potential of Wet Wipes Against Microbial Contamination of Chinese Spacecraft Materials	8
Ancient Siliciclastic–Evaporites as Seen by Remote Sensing Instrumentation with Implications for the Rover-Scale Exploration of Sedimentary Environments on Mars	8
Testing Abiotic Reduction of NAD+ Directly Mediated by Iron/Sulfur Minerals	8
Hot Spring Microbial Community Elemental Composition: Hot Spring and Soil Inputs, and the Transition from Biocumulus to Siliceous Sinter	8
Preface to Eta-Earth Revisited: How Common Are Earth-like Habitats in the Galaxy?	7
Microbial Motility at the Bottom of North America: Digital Holographic Microscopy and Genomic Motility Signatures in Badwater Spring, Death Valley National Park	7
Mars Sample Return (MSR): Planning for Returned Sample Science	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
Quantifying the Potential for Nitrate-Dependent Iron Oxidation on Early Mars: Implications for the Interpretation of Gale Crater Organics	7
Life Detection on Icy Moons Using Flow Cytometry and Exogenous Fluorescent Stains	7
Directional Aspects of Vegetation Linear and Circular Polarization Biosignatures	7
Impact of M Dwarfs Ultraviolet Radiation on Prebiotic Chemistry: The Case of Adenine	7
Oxygenation, Life, and the Planetary System during Earth's Middle History: An Overview	7
Stromatolite-like Structures Within Microbially Laminated Sandstones of the Paleoarchean Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa	7
Phosphine on Venus Cannot Be Explained by Conventional Processes	7
A Drake Equation for Alien Artifacts	7
Photochemical Synthesis of Ammonia and Amino Acids from Nitrous Oxide	7
Effects of Desiccation and Freezing on Microbial Ionizing Radiation Survivability: Considerations for Mars Sample Return	7
DNA Polymerization in Icy Moon Abyssal Pressure Conditions	7
Biosignatures Preserved in Carbonate Nodules from the Western Qaidam Basin, NW China: Implications for Life Detection on Mars	7
BioSentinel: A Biofluidic Nanosatellite Monitoring Microbial Growth and Activity in Deep Space	7
Analysis of Early Iron Sulfide, Carbonate, and Phosphate Mineral Analogues Produced by Flow-Driven Precipitation in a Microchannel	7
Constraints for Use of Ultraviolet Spectropolarimetry to Detect Chiral Amino Acids from Comets	7
Self-Assembled Structures Formed in CO2-Enriched Atmospheres: A Case-Study for Martian Biomimetic Forms	6
Critical Aspects of Material Selection in the Packaging and Transporting of Returned Extraterrestrial Samples	6
CO2 and H2S in Abiogenic Hydrocarbon Synthesis and the Emergence of Prebiological States	6
Spectral Detection of Nanophase Iron Minerals Produced by Fe(III)-Reducing Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaea	6
BioSentinel: Validating Sensitivity of Yeast Biosensors to Deep Space Relevant Radiation	6
Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Detection of Biogenicity Using Laboratory Specimens of Biologically and Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures in a Controlled Experiment	6
Solid-Phase Microextraction for Organic Contamination Control Throughout Assembly and Operational Phases of Space Missions	6
High pCO2Reduces Sensitivity to CO2Perturbations on Temperate, Earth-like Planets Throughout Most of Habitable Zone	6
Correction to: Astrobiology 2024;24(3):230–274	6
Characterization of the Halochromic Gloeocapsin Pigment, a Cyanobacterial Biosignature for Paleobiology and Astrobiology	6
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
Correction to: Astrobiology 2023; 23(4): 415–430	6
Radiolytic Effects on Biological and Abiotic Amino Acids in Shallow Subsurface Ices on Europa and Enceladus	6
Raman Spectroscopic and Microbial Study of Biofilms Hosted Gypsum Deposits in the Hypersaline Wetlands: Astrobiological Perspective	6
Jack Dwayne Farmer: April 18, 1947–February 22, 2023	6
Space Weathering: Processing Velocities in Organic Materials as a Function of Electron Beam Energies—Solar Electron Erosion Rate Application	6
Life Is Uncertain: Inherent Variability Exhibited by Organisms, and at Higher Levels of Biological Organization	6
Inefficient Water Degassing Inhibits Ocean Formation on Rocky Planets: An Insight from Self-Consistent Mantle Degassing Models	6
Chapter 5: Major Biological Innovations in the History of Life on Earth	6
Organic Catalytic Activity as a Method for Agnostic Life Detection	6
A One-Dimensional Energy Balance Model Parameterization for the Formation of CO2 Ice on the Surfaces of Eccentric Extrasolar Planets	5
Information Transmission via Molecular Communication in Astrobiological Environments	5
Remote Detection of Red Edge Spectral Characteristics in Floating Aquatic Vegetation	5
Stability of 20 Biogenic Amino Acids in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid: Implications for the Habitability of Venus' Clouds	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
Study of Ferrocyanide Adsorption onto Different Minerals as Prebiotic Chemistry Assays	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
Detectability of Surface Biosignatures for Directly Imaged Rocky Exoplanets	5
Habitability Is Binary, But It Is Used by Astrobiologists to Encompass Continuous Ecological Questions	5
Chemical Gardens Mimic Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectra and Morphology of Biogenic Mn Oxides	5
Aeolian Biodispersal of Terrestrial Microorganisms on Mars Through Saltation Bombardment of Spacecraft	5
Heterotrophic Growth Dominates in the Most Extremotolerant Extremophile Cultures	5
The ‘Oumuamua Controversy: Bayesian Priors and the Evolution of Technological Intelligence	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

BioSentinel: A Biological CubeSat for Deep Space Exploration	5
The Emergence of Astrobiology: A Topic-Modeling Perspective	5
Solid-State Single-Molecule Sensing with the Electronic Life-Detection Instrument for Enceladus/Europa (ELIE)	5
The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project	5
Searching for Life in Hot Spring Carbonate Systems: Investigating Raman Spectra of Carotenoid-Bearing Organic Carbonaceous Inclusions from Travertines of Italy	5
Rapid Destruction of Lipid Biomarkers Under Simulated Cosmic Radiation	5
UV Time-Resolved Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Amino Acids Found in Meteorites: Implications for Space Science and Exploration	5
The Design and Delivery of an Astrobiology Massive Open Online Class	5
Investigating Polyextremophilic Bacteria in Al Wahbah Crater, Saudi Arabia: A Terrestrial Model for Life on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus	5
Synthesis of Phospholipids Under Plausible Prebiotic Conditions and Analogies with Phospholipid Biochemistry for Origin of Life Studies	5
Timescales for Prebiotic Photochemistry Under Realistic Surface Ultraviolet Conditions	4
Acritarch-like Microorganisms from the 1.9 Ga Gunflint Chert, Canada	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
Soil Carbon Dioxide Planetary Thermostat	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
Mechanism of Prebiotic Uracil Synthesis from Urea and HC3O+ in Space	4
The Molecular Record of Metabolic Activity in the Subsurface of the Río Tinto Mars Analog	4
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Diana Valencia	4
Diagnosing an Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen on Spaceflight-Grown Plants Using the MinION Sequencing Platform	4
Unavoidable Extinctions in Ecosystems of Extreme Isolation	4
Translation as a Biosignature	4
Planetary Minerals Catalyze Conversion of a Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon to a Prebiotic Quinone: Implications for Origins of Life	4
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Dave Charbonneau	4
Is There Such a Thing as a Biosignature?	4
Correction to: Astrobiology 2023;23(12):1303–1336	4
Mars 2020 Mission Biological Return Sample Contamination Control Approach and Verification	4
A Proposed Geobiology-Driven Nomenclature for AstrobiologicalIn SituObservations and Sample Analyses	4
Mutation Analysis of therpoBGene in the Radiation-Resistant BacteriumDeinococcus radioduransR1 Exposed to Space during the Tanpopo Experiment at the International Space Station	4
The Bioburden and Ionic Composition of Hypersaline Lake Ices: Novel Habitats on Earth and Their Astrobiological Implications	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
Freshwater and Evaporite Brine Compositions on Hadean Earth: Priming the Origins of Life	3
The Origin of Life: What Is the Question?	3
Variable and Large Losses of Diagnostic Biomarkers After Simulated Cosmic Radiation Exposure in Clay- and Carbonate-Rich Mars Analog Samples	3
Astrobiological Potential of Fe/Mg Smectites with Special Emphasis on Jezero Crater, Mars 2020 Landing Site	3
A Method to Increase and Document the Impact of Astrobiology Education and Public Outreach	3
Beyond Homochirality: Computer Modeling Hints of Heterochiral Proteins in Early and Extraterrestrial Life	3
Investigation of the Cytotoxicity of Mars-Relevant Minerals upon Abrasion	3
Foreword to the Astrobiology Primer 3.0	3
Survival of Environment-Derived Opportunistic Bacterial Pathogens to Martian Conditions: Is There a Concern for Human Missions to Mars?	3
Mineralogical and Spectral (Near-Infrared) Characterization of Fe-Rich Vermiculite-Bearing Terrestrial Deposits and Constraints for Mineralogy of Oxia Planum, ExoMars 2022 Landing Site	3
Ancient Oil as a Source of Carbonaceous Matter in 1.88-Billion-Year-Old Gunflint Stromatolites and Microfossils	3
Chapter 6: The Breadth and Limits of Life on Earth	3
Potential for Phototrophy in Venus' Clouds	3
Study of the Stability of Gly·MgSO4·5H2O under Simulated Martian Conditions by In Situ Raman Spectroscopy	3
Uninhabitable and Potentially Habitable Environments on Mars: Evidence from Meteorite ALH 84001	3
A Novel Abiotic Pathway for Phosphine Synthesis over Acidic Dust in Venus' Atmosphere	3
In Memoriam: David Hochberg February 3, 1957–December 30, 2023	3
Fluorescence Microscopy with Deep UV, Near UV, and Visible Excitation forIn SituDetection of Microorganisms	3
Earth-like Habitable Environments in the Subsurface of Mars	3
Timing and Likelihood of the Origin of Life Derived from Post-Impact Highly Reducing Atmospheres	3
Ice Transit and Performance Analysis for Cryorobotic Subglacial Access Missions on Earth and Europa	3
Confidence of Life Detection: The Problem of Unconceived Alternatives	3
A Microbial Survival Model for the Permanently Shadowed Regions of the Moon Shows Long-Term Survival of Terrestrial Microbial Contamination	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
Assessment of Isoprene as a Possible Biosignature Gas in Exoplanets with Anoxic Atmospheres	3
Microbial Communities in Saltpan Sediments Show Tolerance to Mars Analog Conditions, but Susceptibility to Chloride and Perchlorate Toxicity	3
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2024 Award Recipient for Astrobiology	3
‘Oumuamua Is Not a Probe Sent to Our Solar System by an Alien Civilization	3
Abiotic Formation of Calcium Oxalate under UV Irradiation and Implications for Biomarker Detection on Mars	3
Remote Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy of Bacterial Growths in Carbonate Rocks in a Mars-like Atmosphere	3
Mineral Matrix Effects on Pyrolysis Products of Kerogens Infer Difficulties in Determining Biological Provenance of Macromolecular Organic Matter at Mars	3
UV Transmission in Natural Waters on Prebiotic Earth	3