Astrobiology

Latest research

1. The bound origin of low-mass stellar binaries

   • Aleksey Generozov
   • Stella S. R. Offner
   • Michael Y. Grudić

   in Nature Astronomy

   Article 15 October 2025

   

2. Relationship between ices and gas phase organic compounds in simulated extraterrestrial environments

   • Thomas Javelle
   • Fabrice Duvernay
   • Grégoire Danger

   in Communications Chemistry

   Article Open access 14 October 2025

   

3. Effects of extreme acceleration, microgravity, and deceleration on Bacillus subtilis onboard a suborbital space flight

   • Eric Yang
   • Jibin Jeffrey Dhanaraj
   • Elena P. Ivanova

   in npj Microgravity

   Article Open access 06 October 2025

   

4. The Origins & Reservoirs of Exocomets

   • Michele Bannister
   • Susanne Pfalzner
   • Dimitri Veras

   in Space Science Reviews

   Article Open access 29 September 2025

   

5. How do ionizing radiations from inter-planetary travel cause leukaemia?

   • Christophe Badie
   • Robert Peter Gale

   in Leukemia

   Article 29 September 2025

6. Fe-Oxide Microspherule Fragment from Chang’E-5 Soil Sample: Possible Evidence for Lunar Fumarole Activity

   • S. I. Demidova
   • C. A. Lorenz
   • D. D. Badyukov

   in Geochemistry International

   Article 23 September 2025

   

7. The origin of the chemical elements in the universe

   • Francesca Matteucci

   in Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali

   Article 19 September 2025

   

8. Insights from early life in the 3.45-Ga Kitty’s Gap Chert for the search for elusive life in the Universe

   • Frances Westall
   • Graham Purvis
   • Tetyana Milojevic

   in Nature Astronomy

   Article 19 September 2025

   

9. Unlocking the Potential of Caves in the Solar System: Targets for Life Detection, Deep-Space Exploration, and Human Outpost

   • C. Pacelli
   • A. Cassaro
   • A. Zinzi

   in Space Science Reviews

   Article 18 September 2025

   

10. Deep microbial colonization during impact-generated hydrothermal circulation at the Lappajärvi impact structure, Finland

    • Jacob Gustafsson
    • Gordon R. Osinski
    • Henrik Drake

    in Nature Communications

    Article Open access 17 September 2025

    

11. Wormholes construction through the diverse dark matter density profiles

    • Z. Yousaf
    • M. Rizwan
    • M. Mossa Al-sawalha

    in The European Physical Journal C

    Article Open access 16 September 2025

    

12. Perseverance rover finds evidence for organics preserved in sulfates on Mars

    in Nature Astronomy

    Article 15 September 2025

    

13. Algae-dominated metaproteomes uncover cellular adaptations to life on the Greenland Ice Sheet

    • Helen K. Feord
    • Anke Trautwein-Schult
    • Liane G. Benning

    in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

    Article Open access 09 September 2025

    

14. Tidal dissipation and synchronization of the temperate exo-Earth LP 791-18d

    • Sylvio Ferraz-Mello
    • Thayná Menezes Bechara
    • Raphael Alves-Silva

    in The European Physical Journal Special Topics

    Article 09 September 2025

    

15. Daily briefing: Is a cure for psoriasis on the horizon?

    • Flora Graham

    in Nature

    Article 04 September 2025

    

16. Life in Space

    • Amri Wandel
    • Joseph Gale

    Textbook 2025

    

17. A high fraction of close massive binary stars at low metallicity

    • H. Sana
    • T. Shenar
    • R. Willcox

    in Nature Astronomy

    Article 02 September 2025

    

18. Halophiles and Halotolerants: From Industry to Astrobiology

    • Camila de Souza Vieira
    • Marcos Rogério Tótola

    in Current Microbiology

    Article 29 August 2025

    

19. Daily briefing: What we know about autism and why it’s on the rise

    • Flora Graham

    in Nature

    Article 27 August 2025

    

20. My moonshot to preserve endangered species

    • Lesley Evans Ogden

    in Nature

    Article 25 August 2025

    

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