Astrobiology

Papers
(The TQCC of Astrobiology is 7. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
Irradiation of Phenylalanine at 300 K by MeV Ions112
Detection of Short Peptides as Putative Biosignatures of Psychrophiles via Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry90
Spore Survival During Abrasive Saltation on Mars: A Comment on Bak et al.73
Chapter 10: Planetary Protection—History, Science, and the Future52
Study of Ferrocyanide Adsorption onto Different Minerals as Prebiotic Chemistry Assays44
Identification and Archive of Mars 2020 Spacecraft Microbial Isolates37
In Memoriam:Tullis C. Onstott36
Assessment of Isoprene as a Possible Biosignature Gas in Exoplanets with Anoxic Atmospheres35
Hydrothermal Regeneration of Ammonium as a Basin-Scale Driver of Primary Productivity35
Revival of Anhydrobiotic Cyanobacterium Biofilms Exposed to Space Vacuum and Prolonged Dryness: Implications for Future Missions beyond Low Earth Orbit33
Study of the Stability of Gly·MgSO4·5H2O under Simulated Martian Conditions by In Situ Raman Spectroscopy32
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2022 Award Recipient for Astrobiology28
Deoxyribonucleic Acid Extraction from Mars Analog Soils and Their Characterization with Solid-State Nanopores27
NoRCEL's Engagement in Africa: The AstroScience Exploration Network (ASEN)26
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Lisa Kaltenegger25
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 Desert25
Color Catalogue of Life in Ice: Surface Biosignatures on Icy Worlds25
Acknowledgment of Reviewers: 202125
Ultraviolet Resistance of Microorganisms Isolated from Uranium-Rich Minerals from Perus, Brazil24
Investigating Polyextremophilic Bacteria in Al Wahbah Crater, Saudi Arabia: A Terrestrial Model for Life on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus24
The Astrobiological Potential of the Uranian Moon System23
A Bayesian Analysis of the Probability of the Origin of Life Per Site Conducive to Abiogenesis23
COSPAR Sample Safety Assessment Framework (SSAF)22
The ‘Oumuamua Controversy: Bayesian Priors and the Evolution of Technological Intelligence22
Signatures of Life Detected in Images of Rocks Using Neural Network Analysis Demonstrate New Potential for Searching for Biosignatures on the Surface of Mars21
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, Chile21
UV Time-Resolved Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Amino Acids Found in Meteorites: Implications for Space Science and Exploration21
Influence of Calcium Perchlorate on the Search for Organics on Mars with Tetramethylammonium Hydroxide Thermochemolysis20
Heterotrophic Growth Dominates in the Most Extremotolerant Extremophile Cultures19
Mathematical Model of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants' Stability Under Space Flight Conditions19
Uninhabitable and Potentially Habitable Environments on Mars: Evidence from Meteorite ALH 8400119
Building Identity and Community for Early Career Professionals in the Emerging Field of Astrobiology19
Microbial Protocols for Spacecraft: 1. Effects of Surface Texture, Low Pressure, and UV Irradiation on Recovery of Microorganisms from Surfaces19
Variable and Large Losses of Diagnostic Biomarkers After Simulated Cosmic Radiation Exposure in Clay- and Carbonate-Rich Mars Analog Samples19
Salt Tolerance and UV Protection of Bacillus subtilis and Enterococcus faecalis under Simulated Martian Conditions19
Recovery of Microbes from Subsurface Europa Analog Environments: An Efficient Mechanical–Thermal Probe for Collecting Biological Samples from the Subsurface of Icy Moons18
Chapter 2: What Is Life?18
Chemical Gardens Mimic Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectra and Morphology of Biogenic Mn Oxides18
Thresholds of Temperature and Time for Mars Sample Return: Final Report of the Mars Sample Return Temperature-Time Tiger Team17
Astrobiology by Gavriil Tikhov17
Perchlorate Salts Exert a Dominant, Deleterious Effect on the Structure, Stability, and Activity of α-Chymotrypsin17
Exoplanet Innovators Interview: Sara Seager Interviews Ignas Snellen16
The Origin of Life: What Is the Question?16
Preservation of Terrestrial Microorganisms and Organics Within Alteration Products of Chondritic Meteorites from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia15
Helium Leak Rate Measurements of Flight-like Mars 2020 Sample Tubes15
Quantifying the Bioavailable Energy in an Ancient Hydrothermal Vent on Mars and a Modern Earth-Based Analog15
Extremophiles in Earth's Deep Seas: A View Toward Life in Exo-Oceans15
The Design and Delivery of an Astrobiology Massive Open Online Class14
Proteomic Insights into Psychrophile Growth in Perchlorate-Amended Subzero Conditions: Implications for Martian Life Detection14
Photochemical Evolution of Alanine in Association with the Martian Soil Analog Montmorillonite: Insights Derived from Experiments Conducted on the International Space Station14
Potential for Phototrophy in Venus' Clouds13
Bacterial Growth in Brines Formed by the Deliquescence of Salts Relevant to Cold Arid Worlds13
Searching for Life in Hot Spring Carbonate Systems: Investigating Raman Spectra of Carotenoid-Bearing Organic Carbonaceous Inclusions from Travertines of Italy13
Enabling Data Discovery with the Astrobiology Resource Metadata Standard13
Quantifying Preservation Potential: Lipid Degradation in a Mars-Analog Circumneutral Iron Deposit12
Biogeographical Modeling of Alien Worlds12
Astrobiology-Related Virtual Field Trips in Higher Education Settings: A Six-Year Study12
Taxonomic Characterization and Microbial Activity Determination of Cold-Adapted Microbial Communities in Lava Tube Ice Caves from Lava Beds National Monument, a High-Fidelity Mars Analogue Environment12
Microbial Characterization of Arctic Glacial Ice Cores with a Semiautomated Life Detection System11
Stability of 20 Biogenic Amino Acids in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid: Implications for the Habitability of Venus' Clouds11
Microbial Growth in Martian Soil Simulants Under Terrestrial Conditions: Guiding the Search for Life on Mars11
Inducing Homochirality Through Intermediary Catalytic Species: A Stochastic Approach11
Introduction—First Billion Years: Habitability11
Pyrolysis of Carboxylic Acids in the Presence of Iron Oxides: Implications for Life Detection on Missions to Mars11
The Venusian Lower Atmosphere Haze as a Depot for Desiccated Microbial Life: A Proposed Life Cycle for Persistence of the Venusian Aerial Biosphere11
Testing Abiotic Reduction of NAD+ Directly Mediated by Iron/Sulfur Minerals11
Novel Chimeric Amino Acid-Fatty Alcohol Ester Amphiphiles Self-Assemble into Stable Primitive Membranes in Diverse Geological Settings10
Microbial Communities in Saltpan Sediments Show Tolerance to Mars Analog Conditions, but Susceptibility to Chloride and Perchlorate Toxicity10
Astrobiological Potential of Venus Atmosphere Chemical Anomalies and Other Unexplained Cloud Properties10
Highly Siderophile Elements and Coupled Fe-Os Isotope Signatures in the Temagami Iron Formation, Canada: Possible Signatures of Neoarchean Seawater Chemistry and Earth's Oxygenation History10
Constraining the Rosalind Franklin Rover/Ma_MISS Instrument Capability in the Detection of Organics10
Ancient Siliciclastic–Evaporites as Seen by Remote Sensing Instrumentation with Implications for the Rover-Scale Exploration of Sedimentary Environments on Mars10
Habitability Models for Astrobiology10
Self-Shielding Enhanced Organics Synthesis in an Early Reduced Earth’s Atmosphere9
Remote Detection of Red Edge Spectral Characteristics in Floating Aquatic Vegetation9
Aeolian Biodispersal of Terrestrial Microorganisms on Mars Through Saltation Bombardment of Spacecraft9
Astrobiological Potential of Fe/Mg Smectites with Special Emphasis on Jezero Crater, Mars 2020 Landing Site9
Rapid Destruction of Lipid Biomarkers Under Simulated Cosmic Radiation9
Preservation of Extracellular Sheaths Produced by Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria: An Analog for Potential Morphological Biosignatures on Mars9
Spaceflight Virology: What Do We Know about Viral Threats in the Spaceflight Environment?9
Environmental and Mineralogical Controls on Biosignature Preservation in Magnesium Carbonate Systems Analogous to Jezero Crater, Mars9
Recovery of Lipid Biomarkers in Hot Spring Digitate Silica Sinter as Analogs for Potential Biosignatures on Mars: Results from Laboratory and Flight-Like Experiments9
Does Gaia Play Dice? Simple Models of Non-Darwinian Selection8
Planetary Mapping Using Deep Learning: A Method to Evaluate Feature Identification Confidence Applied to Habitats in Mars-Analog Terrain8
The Venus Life Equation8
Organic Material Distribution in Mars-Analog Volcanic Rocks, as Determined with Ultraviolet Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy8
Real-Time Quantification of Size-Resolved Bioaerosols and Inert Particles in Spacecraft Assembly Facilities at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory8
Transfer of Rocks Between Planetary Systems: Panspermia Revisited8
Scientific Targets of Tanpopo: Astrobiology Exposure and Micrometeoroid Capture Experiments at the Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility of the International Space Station8
Preservation and Distributions of Covalently Bound Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons in Ancient Biogenic Kerogens and Insoluble Organic Macromolecules8
Some Pertinent Issues for Interstellar Panspermia Raised after the Discovery of 1I/‘Oumuamua8
BioSentinel: A Biological CubeSat for Deep Space Exploration8
Haloferax volcanii Remains Viable and Shows Morphological Changes under Anoxic (CO2-Enriched) and Hypobaric (2.4 kPa) Atmospheric Conditions7
Information Transmission via Molecular Communication in Astrobiological Environments7
Chapter 8: Searching for Life Beyond Earth7
Photochemical Synthesis of Ammonia and Amino Acids from Nitrous Oxide7
Testing Rover Science Protocols to Identify Possible Biosignatures on Mars: Achieving Sampling Goals Under a Highly Constrained Time Line7
Reactive Oxygen Species in Emulated Martian Conditions and Their Effect on the Viability of the Unicellular Alga Scenedesmus dimorphus7
Integrated Molar Absorptivity of Mid- and Far-Infrared Spectra of Alanine and a Selection of Other Five Amino Acids of Astrobiological Relevance7
Detectability of Surface Biosignatures for Directly Imaged Rocky Exoplanets7
Investigation of Nostoc sp. HK-01, Cell Survival over Three Years during the Tanpopo Mission7
Solid-State Single-Molecule Sensing with the Electronic Life-Detection Instrument for Enceladus/Europa (ELIE)7
Exploiting the Unique Biology of Caenorhabditis elegans to Launch Neurodegeneration Studies in Space7
Abiotic Ribose Synthesis Under Aqueous Environments with Various Chemical Conditions7
Influence of Calcium Perchlorate on the Search for Martian Organic Compounds with MTBSTFA/DMF Derivatization7
Sharp Rise in Cosmic Ray Irradiation of Organisms on Earth Caused by a Nearby SN Shockwave Passage7
Evaluation of Decontamination Potential of Wet Wipes Against Microbial Contamination of Chinese Spacecraft Materials7
Microbial Motility at the Bottom of North America: Digital Holographic Microscopy and Genomic Motility Signatures in Badwater Spring, Death Valley National Park7
Interrelationships in the Gypsum–Syngenite–Görgeyite System and Their Possible Formation on Mars7
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