Astrobiology

Papers
(The median citation count of Astrobiology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Habitability Models for Astrobiology143
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Comment on Bak et al.81
Chapter 10: Planetary Protection—History, Science, and the Future56
Proteomic Insights into Psychrophile Growth in Perchlorate-Amended Subzero Conditions: Implications for Martian Life Detection45
Novel Chimeric Amino Acid-Fatty Alcohol Ester Amphiphiles Self-Assemble into Stable Primitive Membranes in Diverse Geological Settings44
Deoxyribonucleic Acid Extraction from Mars Analog Soils and Their Characterization with Solid-State Nanopores37
Ultraviolet Resistance of Microorganisms Isolated from Uranium-Rich Minerals from Perus, Brazil37
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 Desert35
Biogeographical Modeling of Alien Worlds34
Self-Shielding Enhanced Organics Synthesis in an Early Reduced Earth’s Atmosphere33
Extremophiles in Earth's Deep Seas: A View Toward Life in Exo-Oceans32
Hydrothermal Regeneration of Ammonium as a Basin-Scale Driver of Primary Productivity31
Haloferax volcanii Remains Viable and Shows Morphological Changes under Anoxic (CO2-Enriched) and Hypobaric (2.4 kPa) Atmospheric Conditions31
Boron as a Hypothetical Participant in the Prebiological Enantiomeric Enrichment30
The Call for a New Definition of Biosignature29
Protective Effects of Halite to Vacuum and Vacuum-Ultraviolet Radiation: A Potential Scenario During a Young Sun Superflare29
Scientific Targets of Tanpopo: Astrobiology Exposure and Micrometeoroid Capture Experiments at the Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility of the International Space Station27
What Would an Alien Amino Acid Alphabet Look Like and Why?27
Exobiology of the Venusian Clouds: New Insights into Habitability through Terrestrial Models and Methods of Detection26
An Accounting of Contamination Control Requirements, Implementation, and Verification of the Sample Tubes for the Mars 2020 Mission and Future Return Sample Science25
Magma Ocean Evolution of the TRAPPIST-1 Planets25
Traces of Bacterial Contribution to Calcite Weathering Detected by Statistical Characterizations of Surface Microtopography25
Sharp Rise in Cosmic Ray Irradiation of Organisms on Earth Caused by a Nearby SN Shockwave Passage22
Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (LITMS) Instrument Field and Laboratory Tests as Part of the ARADS Field Campaigns22
Exploiting the Unique Biology of Caenorhabditis elegans to Launch Neurodegeneration Studies in Space22
The Venus Life Equation22
Extraction and Separation of Chiral Amino Acids for Life Detection on Ocean Worlds Without Using Organic Solvents or Derivatization21
A Review of the “Black Beauty” Martian Regolith Breccia and Its Martian Habitability Record21
Astrobiological Implications of Interstellar Material in the Solar System21
Mesoarchean Microbial Cd, Ba, and Ni Cycling: Evidence for Photosynthesis in Pongola Group Stromatolites through Novel Stable Isotopes and High-Resolution Trace Element Maps21
Organic Biosignature Degradation in Hydrothermal and Serpentinizing Environments: Implications for Life Detection on Icy Moons and Mars20
Strong Evidence that Abiogenesis Is a Rapid Process on Earth Analogs20
Planning the Human Future Beyond Earth with the Prison Population: The Life Beyond Project19
Eta-Earth Revisited I: A Formula for Estimating the Maximum Number of Earth-Like Habitats19
Tardigrade Survival Limits in High-Speed Impacts—Implications for Panspermia and Collection of Samples from Plumes Emitted by Ice Worlds19
Undecanoic Acid and L-Phenylalanine in Vermiculite: Detection, Characterization, and UV Degradation Studies for Biosignature Identification on Mars19
The New Astronomical Frontier of Interstellar Objects18
Correction to: Simplified Meteorite Parent Body Alteration of Amino Acids by Hydrothermal Processes (Doi: 10.1089/Ast.2024.0096)18
Duplex Formation and the Origins of Homochirality18
The Impact of Extreme Low Temperatures on Raman Spectra of Amino Acids Relevant for the Search for Life on Europa17
An Interview with Dr. Sara Seager17
Nitrogen Incorporation in Potassic and Micro- and Meso-Porous Minerals: Potential Biogeochemical Records and Targets for Mars Sampling17
UV Transmission in Prebiotic Environments on Early Earth17
Using Organic Contaminants to Constrain the Terrestrial Journey of the Martian Meteorite Lafayette16
Effects of UV and Calcium Perchlorates on Uracil Deposited on Strontium Fluoride Substrates at Mars Pressure and Temperature16
Prebiotic Nucleoside Phosphorylation in a Simulated Deep-Sea Supercritical Carbon Dioxide–Water Two-Phase Environment16
Quantum Dots in Peroxidase-like Chemistry and Formamide-Based Hot Spring Synthesis of Nucleobases15
Absorption and Scattering of UV and Visible Light Through Simulated Martian Regoliths and Rock Samples15
Fusarium oxysporumas an Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen onZinnia hybridaPlants Grown on board the International Space Station15
Final Report of the Mars Sample Return Science Planning Group 2 (MSPG2)14
Nitrogen Fixation at Early Mars14
Space Radiation Dosimetry at the Exposure Facility of the International Space Station for the Tanpopo Mission14
Out of Thin Air? Astrobiology and Atmospheric Chemotrophy14
Planetary Protection Knowledge Gap Closure Enabling Crewed Missions to Mars13
Future of the Search for Life: Workshop Report13
Chapter 4: A Geological and Chemical Context for the Origins of Life on Early Earth12
Bridging Place-Based Astrobiology Education with Genomics, Including Descriptions of Three Novel Bacterial Species Isolated from Mars Analog Sites of Cultural Relevance12
The Radiation Environment of Ceres and Implications for Surface Sampling12
Catalytic Synthesis of Polyribonucleic Acid on Prebiotic Rock Glasses12
Determining the “Biosignature Threshold” for Life Detection on Biotic, Abiotic, or Prebiotic Worlds12
Chemical, Thermal, and Radiation Resistance of an Iron Porphyrin: A Model Study of Biosignature Stability12
Spectroscopic Protocol for Biosignature Detection: Arctic Ice Samples as Analogs for Icy Moons11
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Jim Kasting11
Considerations for Detecting Organic Indicators of Metabolism on Enceladus11
Different Scenarios for the Origin and the Subsequent Succession of a Hypothetical Microbial Community in the Cloud Layer of Venus11
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2023 Award Recipient for Astrobiology11
Venus, an Astrobiology Target11
An Overview of Lipid Biomarkers in Terrestrial Extreme Environments with Relevance for Mars Exploration11
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Reply to the Comment by Minns et al.11
Simple Lipids Form Stable Higher-Order Structures in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid10
Eta-Earth Revisited II: Deriving a Maximum Number of Earth-Like Habitats in the Galactic Disk10
Experimental Identification of Potential Martian Biosignatures in Open and Closed Systems10
Are Large Sulfur Isotope Variations Biosignatures in an Ancient, Impact-Induced Hydrothermal Mars Analog?10
Dispersion of Bacteria by Low-Pressure Boiling: Life Detection in Enceladus' Plume Material10
Recommendation on Orbiting Sample Cleanliness10
Humid Evolution of Haze in the Atmosphere of Super-Earths in the Habitable Zone10
Introducing the Venus Collection—Papers from the First Workshop on Habitability of the Cloud Layer10
Pyrolysis of Carboxylic Acids in the Presence of Iron Oxides: Implications for Life Detection on Missions to Mars9
Quantifying the Bioavailable Energy in an Ancient Hydrothermal Vent on Mars and a Modern Earth-Based Analog9
Preliminary Planning for Mars Sample Return (MSR) Curation Activities in a Sample Receiving Facility (SRF)9
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2022 Award Recipient for Astrobiology9
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, Chile9
Testing Abiotic Reduction of NAD+ Directly Mediated by Iron/Sulfur Minerals9
Ancient Siliciclastic–Evaporites as Seen by Remote Sensing Instrumentation with Implications for the Rover-Scale Exploration of Sedimentary Environments on Mars8
Preservation of Extracellular Sheaths Produced by Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria: An Analog for Potential Morphological Biosignatures on Mars8
A Bayesian Analysis of the Probability of the Origin of Life Per Site Conducive to Abiogenesis8
DNA Polymerization in Icy Moon Abyssal Pressure Conditions8
Mathematical Model of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants' Stability Under Space Flight Conditions8
Preservation of Terrestrial Microorganisms and Organics Within Alteration Products of Chondritic Meteorites from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia8
Recovery of Lipid Biomarkers in Hot Spring Digitate Silica Sinter as Analogs for Potential Biosignatures on Mars: Results from Laboratory and Flight-Like Experiments8
Organic Material Distribution in Mars-Analog Volcanic Rocks, as Determined with Ultraviolet Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy8
Evaluation of Decontamination Potential of Wet Wipes Against Microbial Contamination of Chinese Spacecraft Materials8
Building Identity and Community for Early Career Professionals in the Emerging Field of Astrobiology8
Astrobiology by Gavriil Tikhov8
The Venusian Lower Atmosphere Haze as a Depot for Desiccated Microbial Life: A Proposed Life Cycle for Persistence of the Venusian Aerial Biosphere8
Preservation and Distributions of Covalently Bound Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons in Ancient Biogenic Kerogens and Insoluble Organic Macromolecules8
Inducing Homochirality Through Intermediary Catalytic Species: A Stochastic Approach8
Integrated Molar Absorptivity of Mid- and Far-Infrared Spectra of Alanine and a Selection of Other Five Amino Acids of Astrobiological Relevance7
Microbial Motility at the Bottom of North America: Digital Holographic Microscopy and Genomic Motility Signatures in Badwater Spring, Death Valley National Park7
Directional Aspects of Vegetation Linear and Circular Polarization Biosignatures7
Quantifying the Potential for Nitrate-Dependent Iron Oxidation on Early Mars: Implications for the Interpretation of Gale Crater Organics7
Oxygenation, Life, and the Planetary System during Earth's Middle History: An Overview7
A Machine-Learning Approach to Biosignature Exploration on Early Earth and Mars Using Sulfur Isotope and Trace Element Data in Pyrite7
Hot Spring Microbial Community Elemental Composition: Hot Spring and Soil Inputs, and the Transition from Biocumulus to Siliceous Sinter7
Photochemical Synthesis of Ammonia and Amino Acids from Nitrous Oxide7
Impact of M Dwarfs Ultraviolet Radiation on Prebiotic Chemistry: The Case of Adenine7
Mars Sample Return (MSR): Planning for Returned Sample Science7
Biosignatures Preserved in Carbonate Nodules from the Western Qaidam Basin, NW China: Implications for Life Detection on Mars7
Does Gaia Play Dice? Simple Models of Non-Darwinian Selection7
Preface to Eta-Earth Revisited: How Common Are Earth-like Habitats in the Galaxy?7
Life Detection on Icy Moons Using Flow Cytometry and Exogenous Fluorescent Stains7
A Drake Equation for Alien Artifacts7
Effects of Desiccation and Freezing on Microbial Ionizing Radiation Survivability: Considerations for Mars Sample Return7
Constraints for Use of Ultraviolet Spectropolarimetry to Detect Chiral Amino Acids from Comets7
Critical Aspects of Material Selection in the Packaging and Transporting of Returned Extraterrestrial Samples6
Spectral Detection of Nanophase Iron Minerals Produced by Fe(III)-Reducing Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaea6
BioSentinel: Validating Sensitivity of Yeast Biosensors to Deep Space Relevant Radiation6
Organic Catalytic Activity as a Method for Agnostic Life Detection6
Jack Dwayne Farmer: April 18, 1947–February 22, 20236
Analysis of Early Iron Sulfide, Carbonate, and Phosphate Mineral Analogues Produced by Flow-Driven Precipitation in a Microchannel6
Raman Spectroscopic and Microbial Study of Biofilms Hosted Gypsum Deposits in the Hypersaline Wetlands: Astrobiological Perspective6
Self-Assembled Structures Formed in CO2-Enriched Atmospheres: A Case-Study for Martian Biomimetic Forms6
Correction to: Astrobiology 2024;24(3):230–2746
Theoretical Investigation into a Possibility of Formation of Propylene Oxide Homochirality in Space6
CO2 and H2S in Abiogenic Hydrocarbon Synthesis and the Emergence of Prebiological States6
Characterization of the Halochromic Gloeocapsin Pigment, a Cyanobacterial Biosignature for Paleobiology and Astrobiology6
High pCO2Reduces Sensitivity to CO2Perturbations on Temperate, Earth-like Planets Throughout Most of Habitable Zone6
Phosphine on Venus Cannot Be Explained by Conventional Processes6
Aquatic Ferrous Solutions of Prebiotic Mineral Salts as Strong UV Protectants and Possible Loci of Life Origin6
Martian Magmatic Clay Minerals Forming Vesicles: Perfect Niches for Emerging Life?6
Life Is Uncertain: Inherent Variability Exhibited by Organisms, and at Higher Levels of Biological Organization6
Self-Oxidation of the Atmospheres of Rocky Planets with Implications for the Origin of Life6
Integrated Molar Absorptivity of Mid- and Far-Infrared Spectra of Glycine and Other Selected Amino Acids6
Space Weathering: Processing Velocities in Organic Materials as a Function of Electron Beam Energies—Solar Electron Erosion Rate Application6
Stromatolite-like Structures Within Microbially Laminated Sandstones of the Paleoarchean Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa6
BioSentinel: A Biofluidic Nanosatellite Monitoring Microbial Growth and Activity in Deep Space6
The ‘Oumuamua Controversy: Bayesian Priors and the Evolution of Technological Intelligence5
Screening the Survival of Cyanobacteria Under Perchlorate Stress. Potential Implications for Mars In Situ Resource Utilization5
Inefficient Water Degassing Inhibits Ocean Formation on Rocky Planets: An Insight from Self-Consistent Mantle Degassing Models5
Heterotrophic Growth Dominates in the Most Extremotolerant Extremophile Cultures5
The Emergence of Astrobiology: A Topic-Modeling Perspective5
Detectability of Surface Biosignatures for Directly Imaged Rocky Exoplanets5
Stability of 20 Biogenic Amino Acids in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid: Implications for the Habitability of Venus' Clouds5
Study of Ferrocyanide Adsorption onto Different Minerals as Prebiotic Chemistry Assays5
Aeolian Biodispersal of Terrestrial Microorganisms on Mars Through Saltation Bombardment of Spacecraft5
Searching for Life in Hot Spring Carbonate Systems: Investigating Raman Spectra of Carotenoid-Bearing Organic Carbonaceous Inclusions from Travertines of Italy5
Chapter 5: Major Biological Innovations in the History of Life on Earth5
The Design and Delivery of an Astrobiology Massive Open Online Class5
Chemical Gardens Mimic Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectra and Morphology of Biogenic Mn Oxides5
Synthesis of Phospholipids Under Plausible Prebiotic Conditions and Analogies with Phospholipid Biochemistry for Origin of Life Studies5
Bacterial Growth in Brines Formed by the Deliquescence of Salts Relevant to Cold Arid Worlds5
UV Time-Resolved Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Amino Acids Found in Meteorites: Implications for Space Science and Exploration5
Investigating Polyextremophilic Bacteria in Al Wahbah Crater, Saudi Arabia: A Terrestrial Model for Life on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus5
Identification and Archive of Mars 2020 Spacecraft Microbial Isolates5
Rapid Destruction of Lipid Biomarkers Under Simulated Cosmic Radiation5
Solid-Phase Microextraction for Organic Contamination Control Throughout Assembly and Operational Phases of Space Missions5
Correction to: Astrobiology 2023; 23(4): 415–4305
Radiolytic Effects on Biological and Abiotic Amino Acids in Shallow Subsurface Ices on Europa and Enceladus5
Constraining the Rosalind Franklin Rover/Ma_MISS Instrument Capability in the Detection of Organics5
Information Transmission via Molecular Communication in Astrobiological Environments5
Solid-State Single-Molecule Sensing with the Electronic Life-Detection Instrument for Enceladus/Europa (ELIE)5
Biomarker Preservation in Antarctic Sandstones after Prolonged Space Exposure Outside the International Space Station During the ESA EXPOSE-E Lichens and Fungi Experiment5
Remote Detection of Red Edge Spectral Characteristics in Floating Aquatic Vegetation5
The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project4
Mechanism of Prebiotic Uracil Synthesis from Urea and HC3O+ in Space4
A Proposed Geobiology-Driven Nomenclature for AstrobiologicalIn SituObservations and Sample Analyses4
Timescales for Prebiotic Photochemistry Under Realistic Surface Ultraviolet Conditions4
Is There Such a Thing as a Biosignature?4
Mutation Analysis of therpoBGene in the Radiation-Resistant BacteriumDeinococcus radioduransR1 Exposed to Space during the Tanpopo Experiment at the International Space Station4
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Diana Valencia4
Translation as a Biosignature4
A One-Dimensional Energy Balance Model Parameterization for the Formation of CO2 Ice on the Surfaces of Eccentric Extrasolar Planets4
Soil Carbon Dioxide Planetary Thermostat4
Habitability Is Binary, But It Is Used by Astrobiologists to Encompass Continuous Ecological Questions4
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Dave Charbonneau4
Selection and Analytical Performances of the Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer Gas Chromatographic Columns to Support the Search for Organic Molecules of Astrobiological Interest on Titan4
Earth-like Habitable Environments in the Subsurface of Mars4
The Molecular Record of Metabolic Activity in the Subsurface of the Río Tinto Mars Analog4
BioSentinel: A Biological CubeSat for Deep Space Exploration4
The Determination of the Spatial Distribution of Indigenous Lipid Biomarkers in an Immature Jurassic Sediment Using Time-of-Flight–Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry4
Planetary Minerals Catalyze Conversion of a Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon to a Prebiotic Quinone: Implications for Origins of Life4
The Bioburden and Ionic Composition of Hypersaline Lake Ices: Novel Habitats on Earth and Their Astrobiological Implications4
Unavoidable Extinctions in Ecosystems of Extreme Isolation4
Mars 2020 Mission Biological Return Sample Contamination Control Approach and Verification4
The Origin of Life: What Is the Question?3
A Novel Abiotic Pathway for Phosphine Synthesis over Acidic Dust in Venus' Atmosphere3
Investigation of the Cytotoxicity of Mars-Relevant Minerals upon Abrasion3
Microbial Response to Increased Temperatures Within a Lava-Induced Hydrothermal System in Iceland: An Analogue for the Habitability of Volcanic Terrains on Mars3
Diagnosing an Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen on Spaceflight-Grown Plants Using the MinION Sequencing Platform3
Survival of Environment-Derived Opportunistic Bacterial Pathogens to Martian Conditions: Is There a Concern for Human Missions to Mars?3
Mineral Matrix Effects on Pyrolysis Products of Kerogens Infer Difficulties in Determining Biological Provenance of Macromolecular Organic Matter at Mars3
Ice Transit and Performance Analysis for Cryorobotic Subglacial Access Missions on Earth and Europa3
Interactions Between Iron Sulfide Minerals and Organic Carbon: Implications for Biosignature Preservation and Detection3
Beyond Homochirality: Computer Modeling Hints of Heterochiral Proteins in Early and Extraterrestrial Life3
Foreword to the Astrobiology Primer 3.03
Fluorescence Microscopy with Deep UV, Near UV, and Visible Excitation forIn SituDetection of Microorganisms3
Correction to: Astrobiology 2023;23(12):1303–13363
‘Oumuamua Is Not a Probe Sent to Our Solar System by an Alien Civilization3
UV Transmission in Natural Waters on Prebiotic Earth3
Mineralogical and Spectral (Near-Infrared) Characterization of Fe-Rich Vermiculite-Bearing Terrestrial Deposits and Constraints for Mineralogy of Oxia Planum, ExoMars 2022 Landing Site3
Timing and Likelihood of the Origin of Life Derived from Post-Impact Highly Reducing Atmospheres3
A Method to Increase and Document the Impact of Astrobiology Education and Public Outreach3
Remote Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy of Bacterial Growths in Carbonate Rocks in a Mars-like Atmosphere3
Acritarch-like Microorganisms from the 1.9 Ga Gunflint Chert, Canada3
In Memoriam: David Hochberg February 3, 1957–December 30, 20233
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2024 Award Recipient for Astrobiology3
Abiotic Formation of Calcium Oxalate under UV Irradiation and Implications for Biomarker Detection on Mars3
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