Astrobiology

Article	Citations
Ultraviolet Resistance of Microorganisms Isolated from Uranium-Rich Minerals from Perus, Brazil	65
Proteomic Insights into Psychrophile Growth in Perchlorate-Amended Subzero Conditions: Implications for Martian Life Detection	53
Self-Shielding Enhanced Organics Synthesis in an Early Reduced Earth’s Atmosphere	50
Chapter 10: Planetary Protection—History, Science, and the Future	50
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	38
Novel Chimeric Amino Acid-Fatty Alcohol Ester Amphiphiles Self-Assemble into Stable Primitive Membranes in Diverse Geological Settings	38
A Modular 3D-Printed Design to Investigate Prebiotic Chemical Systems in Hot Spring Pools	38
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Comment on Bak et al.	38
Hydrothermal Regeneration of Ammonium as a Basin-Scale Driver of Primary Productivity	36
Deoxyribonucleic Acid Extraction from Mars Analog Soils and Their Characterization with Solid-State Nanopores	35
The Origin, Extension, and Future of the “NASA Definition” of Life	30
The Call for a New Definition of Biosignature	30
Extremophiles in Earth's Deep Seas: A View Toward Life in Exo-Oceans	30
Protective Effects of Halite to Vacuum and Vacuum-Ultraviolet Radiation: A Potential Scenario During a Young Sun Superflare	28
What Would an Alien Amino Acid Alphabet Look Like and Why?	27
Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (LITMS) Instrument Field and Laboratory Tests as Part of the ARADS Field Campaigns	26
An Accounting of Contamination Control Requirements, Implementation, and Verification of the Sample Tubes for the Mars 2020 Mission and Future Return Sample Science	25
Haloferax volcanii Remains Viable and Shows Morphological Changes under Anoxic (CO 2 -Enriched) and Hypobaric (2.4 kPa) At	25
Challenges and Opportunities in Using Amino Acids to Decode Carbonaceous Chondrite and Asteroid Parent Body Processes	24
Boron as a Hypothetical Participant in the Prebiological Enantiomeric Enrichment	24
Mesoarchean Microbial Cd, Ba, and Ni Cycling: Evidence for Photosynthesis in Pongola Group Stromatolites through Novel Stable Isotopes and High-Resolution Trace Element Maps	22
The Microbial Inhabitants of the Corona Lava Tube: Astrobiological Insights from a Mars Analog Environment	21
Nanopore Sequencing: A Way to Explore Life’s Origins	21
Traces of Bacterial Contribution to Calcite Weathering Detected by Statistical Characterizations of Surface Microtopography	21
Sharp Rise in Cosmic Ray Irradiation of Organisms on Earth Caused by a Nearby SN Shockwave Passage	20

Strong Evidence that Abiogenesis Is a Rapid Process on Earth Analogs	20
Exploiting the Unique Biology of Caenorhabditis elegans to Launch Neurodegeneration Studies in Space	20
Undecanoic Acid and L-Phenylalanine in Vermiculite: Detection, Characterization, and UV Degradation Studies for Biosignature Identification on Mars	20
Eta-Earth Revisited I: A Formula for Estimating the Maximum Number of Earth-Like Habitats	19
Nitrogen Incorporation in Potassic and Micro- and Meso-Porous Minerals: Potential Biogeochemical Records and Targets for Mars Sampling	18
Structural Biosignatures—A Category of Potential Biosignatures in the Life Detection Knowledge Base	18
A Review of the “Black Beauty” Martian Regolith Breccia and Its Martian Habitability Record	18
UV Transmission in Prebiotic Environments on Early Earth	18
Organic Biosignature Degradation in Hydrothermal and Serpentinizing Environments: Implications for Life Detection on Icy Moons and Mars	18
Correction to: Simplified Meteorite Parent Body Alteration of Amino Acids by Hydrothermal Processes (Doi: 10.1089/Ast.2024.0096)	18
The New Astronomical Frontier of Interstellar Objects	17
Astrobiological Implications of Interstellar Material in the Solar System	16
Measurement of Photochemical Haze Refractive Indices and Hygroscopicity: Influence of CO 2 in CH 4	16
Crystal Habits as Potential Biosignatures	15
Final Report of the Mars Sample Return Science Planning Group 2 (MSPG2)	15
Quantum Dots in Peroxidase-like Chemistry and Formamide-Based Hot Spring Synthesis of Nucleobases	15
The Impact of Extreme Low Temperatures on Raman Spectra of Amino Acids Relevant for the Search for Life on Europa	14
Catalytic Synthesis of Polyribonucleic Acid on Prebiotic Rock Glasses	14
Prebiotic Nucleoside Phosphorylation in a Simulated Deep-Sea Supercritical Carbon Dioxide–Water Two-Phase Environment	13
Using Organic Contaminants to Constrain the Terrestrial Journey of the Martian Meteorite Lafayette	13
Planetary Protection Knowledge Gap Closure Enabling Crewed Missions to Mars	13
Future of the Search for Life: Workshop Report	13
Effects of UV and Calcium Perchlorates on Uracil Deposited on Strontium Fluoride Substrates at Mars Pressure and Temperature	13
An Interview with Dr. Sara Seager	13
Chemical, Thermal, and Radiation Resistance of an Iron Porphyrin: A Model Study of Biosignature Stability	12
The Radiation Environment of Ceres and Implications for Surface Sampling	12
Chapter 4: A Geological and Chemical Context for the Origins of Life on Early Earth	12
Absorption and Scattering of UV and Visible Light Through Simulated Martian Regoliths and Rock Samples	12
Different Scenarios for the Origin and the Subsequent Succession of a Hypothetical Microbial Community in the Cloud Layer of Venus	12
An Overview of Lipid Biomarkers in Terrestrial Extreme Environments with Relevance for Mars Exploration	12
Geochemical Mobility of Elements in Antarctic Environments Affected by CO 2 -Rich Hydrothermal Fluids: Astrobiological Implications	12
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2023 Award Recipient for Astrobiology	11
Bridging Place-Based Astrobiology Education with Genomics, Including Descriptions of Three Novel Bacterial Species Isolated from Mars Analog Sites of Cultural Relevance	11
Biosignature Detection and Preservation in Lake Salda Microbialites Under Simulated Martian Conditions	11
Experimental Identification of Potential Martian Biosignatures in Open and Closed Systems	11
Simple Lipids Form Stable Higher-Order Structures in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid	11
Spectroscopic Protocol for Biosignature Detection: Arctic Ice Samples as Analogs for Icy Moons	11
Considerations for Detecting Organic Indicators of Metabolism on Enceladus	11
Humid Evolution of Haze in the Atmosphere of Super-Earths in the Habitable Zone	11
Dispersion of Bacteria by Low-Pressure Boiling: Life Detection in Enceladus' Plume Material	11
Eta-Earth Revisited II: Deriving a Maximum Number of Earth-Like Habitats in the Galactic Disk	11
Icelandic Hot Springs as a Prebiotic Analog: Wet–Dry Cycling Effects on the Stability of Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids	11
Life Detection Knowledge Base: Assessment Criteria for Potential Biosignatures	11
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Reply to the Comment by Minns et al.	10
Recommendation on Orbiting Sample Cleanliness	10
A Bayesian Analysis of the Probability of the Origin of Life Per Site Conducive to Abiogenesis	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	10
The Role of Fatty Acid Vesicles in the Origin of Polymer Function	10
Are Large Sulfur Isotope Variations Biosignatures in an Ancient, Impact-Induced Hydrothermal Mars Analog?	10

Preliminary Planning for Mars Sample Return (MSR) Curation Activities in a Sample Receiving Facility (SRF)	10
Building Identity and Community for Early Career Professionals in the Emerging Field of Astrobiology	10
Astrobiology by Gavriil Tikhov	9
Mars Sample Return Sample Receiving Project Measurement Definition Team Final Report	9
Assembly of Replicating Protocells with Primitive Metabolism	9
Quantifying the Bioavailable Energy in an Ancient Hydrothermal Vent on Mars and a Modern Earth-Based Analog	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
Mathematical Model of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants' Stability Under Space Flight Conditions	9
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2022 Award Recipient for Astrobiology	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
Inducing Homochirality Through Intermediary Catalytic Species: A Stochastic Approach	9
Ancient Siliciclastic–Evaporites as Seen by Remote Sensing Instrumentation with Implications for the Rover-Scale Exploration of Sedimentary Environments on Mars	9
Evaluation of Decontamination Potential of Wet Wipes Against Microbial Contamination of Chinese Spacecraft Materials	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
Directional Aspects of Vegetation Linear and Circular Polarization Biosignatures	8
Preface to Eta-Earth Revisited: How Common Are Earth-like Habitats in the Galaxy?	8
Microbial Motility at the Bottom of North America: Digital Holographic Microscopy and Genomic Motility Signatures in Badwater Spring, Death Valley National Park	8
Does Gaia Play Dice? Simple Models of Non-Darwinian Selection	8
Effects of Desiccation and Freezing on Microbial Ionizing Radiation Survivability: Considerations for Mars Sample Return	7
A Machine-Learning Approach to Biosignature Exploration on Early Earth and Mars Using Sulfur Isotope and Trace Element Data in Pyrite	7
Biosignatures Preserved in Carbonate Nodules from the Western Qaidam Basin, NW China: Implications for Life Detection on Mars	7
Inverse Relationship Between Halophilic Growth and Cell Integrity Under Extremely Chaotropic Conditions	7
Experimental Models on the Prebiotic Formation of Biopolymer Building Blocks	7
DNA Polymerization in Icy Moon Abyssal Pressure Conditions	7
Quantifying the Potential for Nitrate-Dependent Iron Oxidation on Early Mars: Implications for the Interpretation of Gale Crater Organics	7
Stromatolite-like Structures Within Microbially Laminated Sandstones of the Paleoarchean Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa	7
BioSentinel: A Biofluidic Nanosatellite Monitoring Microbial Growth and Activity in Deep Space	7
Characterizing Microbial Communities in >7000- and >180,000-Year-Old Antarctic Permafrost Using a Low-Biomass Decontamination Protocol	7
Life Detection on Icy Moons Using Flow Cytometry and Exogenous Fluorescent Stains	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
Analysis of Early Iron Sulfide, Carbonate, and Phosphate Mineral Analogues Produced by Flow-Driven Precipitation in a Microchannel	7
Self-Assembled Structures Formed in CO 2 -Enriched Atmospheres: A Case-Study for Martian Biomimetic Forms	7
Raman Spectroscopic and Microbial Study of Biofilms Hosted Gypsum Deposits in the Hypersaline Wetlands: Astrobiological Perspective	7
Introduction to the Life Detection Knowledge Base Project	7
Impact of M Dwarfs Ultraviolet Radiation on Prebiotic Chemistry: The Case of Adenine	7
Theoretical Investigation into a Possibility of Formation of Propylene Oxide Homochirality in Space	6
UVC-Intense Exoplanets May Not Be Uninhabitable: Evidence from a Desert Lichen	6
Correction to: Astrobiology 2024;24(3):230–274	6
BioSentinel: Validating Sensitivity of Yeast Biosensors to Deep Space Relevant Radiation	6
Self-Oxidation of the Atmospheres of Rocky Planets with Implications for the Origin of Life	6
Spectral Detection of Nanophase Iron Minerals Produced by Fe(III)-Reducing Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaea	6
Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Detection of Biogenicity Using Laboratory Specimens of Biologically and Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures in a Controlled Experiment	6
Characterization of the Halochromic Gloeocapsin Pigment, a Cyanobacterial Biosignature for Paleobiology and Astrobiology	6
Critical Aspects of Material Selection in the Packaging and Transporting of Returned Extraterrestrial Samples	6
Life Is Uncertain: Inherent Variability Exhibited by Organisms, and at Higher Levels of Biological Organization	6
Organic Catalytic Activity as a Method for Agnostic Life Detection	6
CO 2 and H 2 S in Abiogenic Hydrocarbon Synthesis and the Emergence of Prebiological States	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
Toward Process-Driven Research in Astrobiology: Stepping Away from the Binary Biogenicity Versus Abiogenicity Approach	6
Informing Planetary Protection Policies for the Future Exploration of Ceres: State of Understanding after the Dawn Mission	5
Rapid Destruction of Lipid Biomarkers Under Simulated Cosmic Radiation	5
Identification and Archive of Mars 2020 Spacecraft Microbial Isolates	5
The Design and Delivery of an Astrobiology Massive Open Online Class	5
Correction to: Astrobiology 2023; 23(4): 415–430	5
Inefficient Water Degassing Inhibits Ocean Formation on Rocky Planets: An Insight from Self-Consistent Mantle Degassing Models	5
Constraining the Rosalind Franklin Rover/Ma_MISS Instrument Capability in the Detection of Organics	5
Aeolian Biodispersal of Terrestrial Microorganisms on Mars Through Saltation Bombardment of Spacecraft	5
Stability of 20 Biogenic Amino Acids in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid: Implications for the Habitability of Venus' Clouds	5
High-Pressure Torsion-Induced Transformation of Adenosine Monophosphate: Insights into Prebiotic Chemistry of RNA by Astronomical Impacts	5
Solid-Phase Microextraction for Organic Contamination Control Throughout Assembly and Operational Phases of Space Missions	5
Evaporitic Preservation of Modern Carotenoid Biomarkers and Halophilic Microorganisms in Mars Analog Hypersaline Environments	5
Lipid Biomarkers in Microbialites from a Maar Lake: An Astrobiological Study of Biomarker Preservation under Mars Analog Conditions	5
Chapter 5: Major Biological Innovations in the History of Life on Earth	5
Heterotrophic Growth Dominates in the Most Extremotolerant Extremophile Cultures	5
Investigating Polyextremophilic Bacteria in Al Wahbah Crater, Saudi Arabia: A Terrestrial Model for Life on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus	5
Screening the Survival of Cyanobacteria Under Perchlorate Stress. Potential Implications for Mars In Situ Resource Utilization	5
Radiolytic Effects on Biological and Abiotic Amino Acids in Shallow Subsurface Ices on Europa and Enceladus	5
Searching for Life in Hot Spring Carbonate Systems: Investigating Raman Spectra of Carotenoid-Bearing Organic Carbonaceous Inclusions from Travertines of Italy	4
Chemical Gardens Mimic Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectra and Morphology of Biogenic Mn Oxides	4
Biomarker Preservation in Antarctic Sandstones after Prolonged Space Exposure Outside the International Space Station During the ESA EXPOSE-E Lichens and Fungi Experiment	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
Mineral Matrix Effects on Pyrolysis Products of Kerogens Infer Difficulties in Determining Biological Provenance of Macromolecular Organic Matter at Mars	4
Ribose Accumulation in Borate-Rich Prebiotic Environments	4
Investigation of the Cytotoxicity of Mars-Relevant Minerals upon Abrasion	4
Remote Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy of Bacterial Growths in Carbonate Rocks in a Mars-like Atmosphere	4
Foundation Models for Astrobiology: Paper I—Workshop and Overview	4
Survival of Environment-Derived Opportunistic Bacterial Pathogens to Martian Conditions: Is There a Concern for Human Missions to Mars?	4
Fluorescence Microscopy with Deep UV, Near UV, and Visible Excitation for In Situ Detection of Microorganisms	4

A One-Dimensional Energy Balance Model Parameterization for the Formation of CO 2 Ice on the Surfaces of Eccentric Extrasolar Planets	4
Synthesis of Phospholipids Under Plausible Prebiotic Conditions and Analogies with Phospholipid Biochemistry for Origin of Life Studies	4
Translation as a Biosignature	4
Detectability of Surface Biosignatures for Directly Imaged Rocky Exoplanets	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
‘Oumuamua Is Not a Probe Sent to Our Solar System by an Alien Civilization	4
The Emergence of Astrobiology: A Topic-Modeling Perspective	4
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Diana Valencia	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
Mars 2020 Mission Biological Return Sample Contamination Control Approach and Verification	4
Mechanism of Prebiotic Uracil Synthesis from Urea and HC 3 O + in Space	4
Information Transmission via Molecular Communication in Astrobiological Environments	4
Remote Detection of Red Edge Spectral Characteristics in Floating Aquatic Vegetation	4
Production of Organic Precursors via Meteoritic Impacts and Its Implications for Prebiotic Inventory of Early Planetary Surfaces	4
The ‘Oumuamua Controversy: Bayesian Priors and the Evolution of Technological Intelligence	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
Solid-State Single-Molecule Sensing with the Electronic Life-Detection Instrument for Enceladus/Europa (ELIE)	4
The Abiotic Background as a Central Component of a Sample Safety Assessment Protocol for Sample Return	4
Revisiting Darwin’s Warm Little Pond in the 21st Century: Land-Based Scenarios for Life’s Origins	4
A Method to Increase and Document the Impact of Astrobiology Education and Public Outreach	4
Acritarch-like Microorganisms from the 1.9 Ga Gunflint Chert, Canada	4
Correction to: Astrobiology 2023;23(12):1303–1336	4
Unavoidable Extinctions in Ecosystems of Extreme Isolation	4
Is There Such a Thing as a Biosignature?	4
The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project	4
BioSentinel: A Biological CubeSat for Deep Space Exploration	4
Communicating Discoveries in the Search for Life in the Universe Workshop Report	3
A Microbial Survival Model for the Permanently Shadowed Regions of the Moon Shows Long-Term Survival of Terrestrial Microbial Contamination	3
Sterilization of Stainless-Steel Surfaces Using Ultraviolet Radiation Produced by Light-Emitting Diodes	3
Cold-Water CO 2 Geysers as Ocean World Plume Analogs: Investigation of Habitability Indicators in Crystal and Champagne Geysers Pre- and Posteruption	3
Foreword to the Astrobiology Primer 3.0	3
Laminae as Potential Biosignatures	3
Beyond Homochirality: Computer Modeling Hints of Heterochiral Proteins in Early and Extraterrestrial Life	3
The Origin of Life: What Is the Question?	3
The Concept of Life on Venus Informs the Concept of Habitability	3
Chapter 6: The Breadth and Limits of Life on Earth	3
Life Detection Knowledge Base: A Community Tool for Knowledge Management and Representation	3
Microbial Communities in Saltpan Sediments Show Tolerance to Mars Analog Conditions, but Susceptibility to Chloride and Perchlorate Toxicity	3
Impact of Various Inactivation Approaches on Surrogate Proteinaceous Particles for Sample Return Missions	3
Ice Transit and Performance Analysis for Cryorobotic Subglacial Access Missions on Earth and Europa	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
Astrobiological Potential of Fe/Mg Smectites with Special Emphasis on Jezero Crater, Mars 2020 Landing Site	3
Geochemical Complexity in Terrestrial Hot Spring Fields: Implications for the Origin of Life	3
Freshwater and Evaporite Brine Compositions on Hadean Earth: Priming the Origins of Life	3
Membrane-Spanning Molecular Lengths as an Agnostic Biosignature	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
Identifying Amino Acid Isomers with Mass Spectrometry on Icy Ocean Moons	3
Timing and Likelihood of the Origin of Life Derived from Post-Impact Highly Reducing Atmospheres	3
Desorption of Terrestrial Noble Gases in Mars 2020 Sample Tubes: Implications for Mars Sample Return	3
Variable and Large Losses of Diagnostic Biomarkers After Simulated Cosmic Radiation Exposure in Clay- and Carbonate-Rich Mars Analog Samples	3
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2024 Award Recipient for Astrobiology	3
Life Detection on Icy Moons Using Flow Cytometry and Intrinsically Fluorescent Biomolecules	3
Confidence of Life Detection: The Problem of Unconceived Alternatives	3