Astrobiology

Article	Citations
Deoxyribonucleic Acid Extraction from Mars Analog Soils and Their Characterization with Solid-State Nanopores	57
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Comment on Bak et al.	52
Self-Shielding Enhanced Organics Synthesis in an Early Reduced Earth’s Atmosphere	41
The Origin, Extension, and Future of the “NASA Definition” of Life	39
Proteomic Insights into Psychrophile Growth in Perchlorate-Amended Subzero Conditions: Implications for Martian Life Detection	35
Chapter 10: Planetary Protection—History, Science, and the Future	32
Hydrothermal Regeneration of Ammonium as a Basin-Scale Driver of Primary Productivity	31
Ultraviolet Resistance of Microorganisms Isolated from Uranium-Rich Minerals from Perus, Brazil	28
A Modular 3D-Printed Design to Investigate Prebiotic Chemical Systems in Hot Spring Pools	27
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
Extremophiles in Earth's Deep Seas: A View Toward Life in Exo-Oceans	26
How Viking Changed Science Communication	24
Novel Chimeric Amino Acid-Fatty Alcohol Ester Amphiphiles Self-Assemble into Stable Primitive Membranes in Diverse Geological Settings	23
NASA Viking Mission: A Perspective of the Labeled Release Biological Experiment on Mars	23
Protective Effects of Halite to Vacuum and Vacuum-Ultraviolet Radiation: A Potential Scenario During a Young Sun Superflare	22
Sharp Rise in Cosmic Ray Irradiation of Organisms on Earth Caused by a Nearby SN Shockwave Passage	21
Nanopore Sequencing: A Way to Explore Life’s Origins	21
Exploiting the Unique Biology of Caenorhabditis elegans to Launch Neurodegeneration Studies in Space	21
The Microbial Inhabitants of the Corona Lava Tube: Astrobiological Insights from a Mars Analog Environment	21
Boron as a Hypothetical Participant in the Prebiological Enantiomeric Enrichment	20
Challenges and Opportunities in Using Amino Acids to Decode Carbonaceous Chondrite and Asteroid Parent Body Processes	19
What Would an Alien Amino Acid Alphabet Look Like and Why?	19
Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (LITMS) Instrument Field and Laboratory Tests as Part of the ARADS Field Campaigns	19
Traces of Bacterial Contribution to Calcite Weathering Detected by Statistical Characterizations of Surface Microtopography	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	19

An Accounting of Contamination Control Requirements, Implementation, and Verification of the Sample Tubes for the Mars 2020 Mission and Future Return Sample Science	17
The Call for a New Definition of Biosignature	16
Nitrogen Incorporation in Potassic and Micro- and Meso-Porous Minerals: Potential Biogeochemical Records and Targets for Mars Sampling	15
The New Astronomical Frontier of Interstellar Objects	15
Haloferax volcanii Remains Viable and Shows Morphological Changes under Anoxic (CO 2 -Enriched) and Hypobaric (2.4 kPa) At	15
Strong Evidence that Abiogenesis Is a Rapid Process on Earth Analogs	15
Organic Biosignature Degradation in Hydrothermal and Serpentinizing Environments: Implications for Life Detection on Icy Moons and Mars	15
Astrobiological Implications of Interstellar Material in the Solar System	15
Structural Biosignatures—A Category of Potential Biosignatures in the Life Detection Knowledge Base	14
UV Transmission in Prebiotic Environments on Early Earth	14
Eta-Earth Revisited I: A Formula for Estimating the Maximum Number of Earth-Like Habitats	14
Undecanoic Acid and L-Phenylalanine in Vermiculite: Detection, Characterization, and UV Degradation Studies for Biosignature Identification on Mars	14
Future of the Search for Life: Workshop Report	13
Chemical and Physical Evolution of the Crust	13
Life Detection in the Martian Subsurface: Advancements in Microbial Metabolic Research Under Mars Laboratory and Field-Analog Conditions since Viking	13
Correction to: Simplified Meteorite Parent Body Alteration of Amino Acids by Hydrothermal Processes (Doi: 10.1089/Ast.2024.0096)	13
Can Pareto Optimality Be Evidence of Life?	13
Effects of UV and Calcium Perchlorates on Uracil Deposited on Strontium Fluoride Substrates at Mars Pressure and Temperature	12
Absorption and Scattering of UV and Visible Light Through Simulated Martian Regoliths and Rock Samples	12
Prebiotic Nucleoside Phosphorylation in a Simulated Deep-Sea Supercritical Carbon Dioxide–Water Two-Phase Environment	12
The Impact of Extreme Low Temperatures on Raman Spectra of Amino Acids Relevant for the Search for Life on Europa	12
An Interview with Dr. Sara Seager	12
Geochemical Mobility of Elements in Antarctic Environments Affected by CO 2 -Rich Hydrothermal Fluids: Astrobiological Implications	11
Using Organic Contaminants to Constrain the Terrestrial Journey of the Martian Meteorite Lafayette	11
Measurement of Photochemical Haze Refractive Indices and Hygroscopicity: Influence of CO 2 in CH 4	11
Chapter 4: A Geological and Chemical Context for the Origins of Life on Early Earth	11
Different Scenarios for the Origin and the Subsequent Succession of a Hypothetical Microbial Community in the Cloud Layer of Venus	11
Planetary Protection Knowledge Gap Closure Enabling Crewed Missions to Mars	11
Bridging Place-Based Astrobiology Education with Genomics, Including Descriptions of Three Novel Bacterial Species Isolated from Mars Analog Sites of Cultural Relevance	11
An Overview of Lipid Biomarkers in Terrestrial Extreme Environments with Relevance for Mars Exploration	11
Crystal Habits as Potential Biosignatures	11
Dispersion of Bacteria by Low-Pressure Boiling: Life Detection in Enceladus' Plume Material	10
Spectroscopic Protocol for Biosignature Detection: Arctic Ice Samples as Analogs for Icy Moons	10
Life Detection Knowledge Base: Assessment Criteria for Potential Biosignatures	10
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Reply to the Comment by Minns et al.	10
Simple Lipids Form Stable Higher-Order Structures in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid	10
Chemical, Thermal, and Radiation Resistance of an Iron Porphyrin: A Model Study of Biosignature Stability	10
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Jim Kasting	10
Experimental Identification of Potential Martian Biosignatures in Open and Closed Systems	10
Building Identity and Community for Early Career Professionals in the Emerging Field of Astrobiology	9
Astrobiology by Gavriil Tikhov	9
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2023 Award Recipient for Astrobiology	9
Icelandic Hot Springs as a Prebiotic Analog: Wet–Dry Cycling Effects on the Stability of Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids	9
A Bayesian Analysis of the Probability of the Origin of Life Per Site Conducive to Abiogenesis	9
Are Large Sulfur Isotope Variations Biosignatures in an Ancient, Impact-Induced Hydrothermal Mars Analog?	9
Eta-Earth Revisited II: Deriving a Maximum Number of Earth-Like Habitats in the Galactic Disk	9
Humid Evolution of Haze in the Atmosphere of Super-Earths in the Habitable Zone	9
Mars Sample Return Sample Receiving Project Measurement Definition Team Final Report	9
Biosignature Detection and Preservation in Lake Salda Microbialites Under Simulated Martian Conditions	9
Considerations for Detecting Organic Indicators of Metabolism on Enceladus	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	8
Preservation of Extracellular Sheaths Produced by Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria: An Analog for Potential Morphological Biosignatures on Mars	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
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
Ancient Siliciclastic–Evaporites as Seen by Remote Sensing Instrumentation with Implications for the Rover-Scale Exploration of Sedimentary Environments on Mars	8
Assembly of Replicating Protocells with Primitive Metabolism	8
Inducing Homochirality Through Intermediary Catalytic Species: A Stochastic Approach	8
Mars Organic Geochemistry—Are We Alone, and Where Did We Come From?	7
The Impact of the Viking Entry, Descent, and Landing Legacy on Future Mars Exploration	7
Experimental Models on the Prebiotic Formation of Biopolymer Building Blocks	7
Quantifying the Bioavailable Energy in an Ancient Hydrothermal Vent on Mars and a Modern Earth-Based Analog	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
DNA Polymerization in Icy Moon Abyssal Pressure Conditions	7
Evaluation of Decontamination Potential of Wet Wipes Against Microbial Contamination of Chinese Spacecraft Materials	7
Does Gaia Play Dice? Simple Models of Non-Darwinian Selection	7
Life Detection on Icy Moons Using Flow Cytometry and Exogenous Fluorescent Stains	7
The Role of Chemical Sensors, Microfluidics, and Analytical Microsystems in Future Mars Exploration	7
Microbial Motility at the Bottom of North America: Digital Holographic Microscopy and Genomic Motility Signatures in Badwater Spring, Death Valley National Park	7
Impact of M Dwarfs Ultraviolet Radiation on Prebiotic Chemistry: The Case of Adenine	6
Introduction to the Life Detection Knowledge Base Project	6
Biosignatures Preserved in Carbonate Nodules from the Western Qaidam Basin, NW China: Implications for Life Detection on Mars	6
BioSentinel: A Biofluidic Nanosatellite Monitoring Microbial Growth and Activity in Deep Space	6
Space Weathering: Processing Velocities in Organic Materials as a Function of Electron Beam Energies—Solar Electron Erosion Rate Application	6
Analysis of Early Iron Sulfide, Carbonate, and Phosphate Mineral Analogues Produced by Flow-Driven Precipitation in a Microchannel	6
Quantifying the Potential for Nitrate-Dependent Iron Oxidation on Early Mars: Implications for the Interpretation of Gale Crater Organics	6
Effects of Desiccation and Freezing on Microbial Ionizing Radiation Survivability: Considerations for Mars Sample Return	6
Inverse Relationship Between Halophilic Growth and Cell Integrity Under Extremely Chaotropic Conditions	6
Raman Spectroscopic and Microbial Study of Biofilms Hosted Gypsum Deposits in the Hypersaline Wetlands: Astrobiological Perspective	6
Theoretical Investigation into a Possibility of Formation of Propylene Oxide Homochirality in Space	6
Terrestrial Abiotic Synthesis of Simple Precursor Molecules Starting from Two Approaches: The Universality of Carbon Reduction	6
A Machine-Learning Approach to Biosignature Exploration on Early Earth and Mars Using Sulfur Isotope and Trace Element Data in Pyrite	6
Stromatolite-like Structures Within Microbially Laminated Sandstones of the Paleoarchean Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa	6
Aquatic Ferrous Solutions of Prebiotic Mineral Salts as Strong UV Protectants and Possible Loci of Life Origin	6
Experimental Evidence for a Microbial Origin of Reduction Spots in Red Beds on Earth—and Mars?	6
Self-Assembled Structures Formed in CO 2 -Enriched Atmospheres: A Case-Study for Martian Biomimetic Forms	6
Identification and Archive of Mars 2020 Spacecraft Microbial Isolates	5
Solid-Phase Microextraction for Organic Contamination Control Throughout Assembly and Operational Phases of Space Missions	5
Informing Planetary Protection Policies for the Future Exploration of Ceres: State of Understanding after the Dawn Mission	5
Organic Catalytic Activity as a Method for Agnostic Life Detection	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
The Design and Delivery of an Astrobiology Massive Open Online Class	5
Heterotrophic Growth Dominates in the Most Extremotolerant Extremophile Cultures	5
Plasma and Thermal Processing Leading to Latitudinal and Temporal Variability of the Trapped O 2 at Europa and Ganymede	5
Correction to: Astrobiology 2023; 23(4): 415–430	5
Spectral Detection of Nanophase Iron Minerals Produced by Fe(III)-Reducing Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaea	5
UVC-Intense Exoplanets May Not Be Uninhabitable: Evidence from a Desert Lichen	5
Jack Dwayne Farmer: April 18, 1947–February 22, 2023	5
CO 2 and H 2 S in Abiogenic Hydrocarbon Synthesis and the Emergence of Prebiological States	5
Chapter 5: Major Biological Innovations in the History of Life on Earth	5
Stability of 20 Biogenic Amino Acids in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid: Implications for the Habitability of Venus' Clouds	5
Chemical Gardens Mimic Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectra and Morphology of Biogenic Mn Oxides	5
Radiolytic Effects on Biological and Abiotic Amino Acids in Shallow Subsurface Ices on Europa and Enceladus	5
Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Detection of Biogenicity Using Laboratory Specimens of Biologically and Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures in a Controlled Experiment	5
Toward Process-Driven Research in Astrobiology: Stepping Away from the Binary Biogenicity Versus Abiogenicity Approach	5
Characterizing Microbial Communities in >7000- and >180,000-Year-Old Antarctic Permafrost Using a Low-Biomass Decontamination Protocol	5
Critical Aspects of Material Selection in the Packaging and Transporting of Returned Extraterrestrial Samples	5
Self-Oxidation of the Atmospheres of Rocky Planets with Implications for the Origin of Life	5
Evaporitic Preservation of Modern Carotenoid Biomarkers and Halophilic Microorganisms in Mars Analog Hypersaline Environments	5
Fluorescence Microscopy with Deep UV, Near UV, and Visible Excitation for In Situ Detection of Microorganisms	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
Viking Science	4
Detectability of Surface Biosignatures for Directly Imaged Rocky Exoplanets	4
A One-Dimensional Energy Balance Model Parameterization for the Formation of CO 2 Ice on the Surfaces of Eccentric Extrasolar Planets	4
The Bioburden and Ionic Composition of Hypersaline Lake Ices: Novel Habitats on Earth and Their Astrobiological Implications	4
Mechanism of Prebiotic Uracil Synthesis from Urea and HC 3 O + in Space	4
Investigating Polyextremophilic Bacteria in Al Wahbah Crater, Saudi Arabia: A Terrestrial Model for Life on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus	4
Ribose Accumulation in Borate-Rich Prebiotic Environments	4
High-Pressure Torsion-Induced Transformation of Adenosine Monophosphate: Insights into Prebiotic Chemistry of RNA by Astronomical Impacts	4
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
Information Transmission via Molecular Communication in Astrobiological Environments	4
Mars 2020 Mission Biological Return Sample Contamination Control Approach and Verification	4
Correction to: Astrobiology 2023;23(12):1303–1336	4
Viking’s Heirs: The Rise of Planetary Flyers	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 Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) Project	4
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Dave Charbonneau	4
The Abiotic Background as a Central Component of a Sample Safety Assessment Protocol for Sample Return	4
Solid-State Single-Molecule Sensing with the Electronic Life-Detection Instrument for Enceladus/Europa (ELIE)	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
The ‘Oumuamua Controversy: Bayesian Priors and the Evolution of Technological Intelligence	4
Production of Organic Precursors via Meteoritic Impacts and Its Implications for Prebiotic Inventory of Early Planetary Surfaces	4
Constraining the Rosalind Franklin Rover/Ma_MISS Instrument Capability in the Detection of Organics	4
Nanophase Goethite as a Promising Target in the Search for Past Life on Mars	4
Revisiting Darwin’s Warm Little Pond in the 21st Century: Land-Based Scenarios for Life’s Origins	4
Unavoidable Extinctions in Ecosystems of Extreme Isolation	4
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Diana Valencia	4
Translation as a Biosignature	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
Searching for Life in Hot Spring Carbonate Systems: Investigating Raman Spectra of Carotenoid-Bearing Organic Carbonaceous Inclusions from Travertines of Italy	4
Aeolian Biodispersal of Terrestrial Microorganisms on Mars Through Saltation Bombardment of Spacecraft	4
Rapid Destruction of Lipid Biomarkers Under Simulated Cosmic Radiation	4
Remote Detection of Red Edge Spectral Characteristics in Floating Aquatic Vegetation	4
Is There Such a Thing as a Biosignature?	4
Foundation Models for Astrobiology: Paper I—Workshop and Overview	4
A Novel Abiotic Pathway for Phosphine Synthesis over Acidic Dust in Venus' Atmosphere	3
A Microbial Survival Model for the Permanently Shadowed Regions of the Moon Shows Long-Term Survival of Terrestrial Microbial Contamination	3
‘Oumuamua Is Not a Probe Sent to Our Solar System by an Alien Civilization	3
Survival of Environment-Derived Opportunistic Bacterial Pathogens to Martian Conditions: Is There a Concern for Human Missions to Mars?	3
Desorption of Terrestrial Noble Gases in Mars 2020 Sample Tubes: Implications for Mars Sample Return	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
Sterilization of Stainless-Steel Surfaces Using Ultraviolet Radiation Produced by Light-Emitting Diodes	3
Variable and Large Losses of Diagnostic Biomarkers After Simulated Cosmic Radiation Exposure in Clay- and Carbonate-Rich Mars Analog Samples	3
Laminae as Potential Biosignatures	3
A Method to Increase and Document the Impact of Astrobiology Education and Public Outreach	3
The Possible Aqueous Origins of Manganese Alteration Minerals in the Máaz Formation of Jezero Crater	3
Foreword to the Astrobiology Primer 3.0	3
Identifying Amino Acid Isomers with Mass Spectrometry on Icy Ocean Moons	3
Cold-Water CO 2 Geysers as Ocean World Plume Analogs: Investigation of Habitability Indicators in Crystal and Champagne Geysers Pre- and Posteruption	3
The Origin of Life: What Is the Question?	3
Beyond Homochirality: Computer Modeling Hints of Heterochiral Proteins in Early and Extraterrestrial Life	3
In Memoriam: David Hochberg February 3, 1957–December 30, 2023	3
Investigation of the Cytotoxicity of Mars-Relevant Minerals upon Abrasion	3
Remote Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy of Bacterial Growths in Carbonate Rocks in a Mars-like Atmosphere	3
Pareto Optimality: Another Way to Find Life?	3
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2024 Award Recipient for Astrobiology	3