2026 Astrobiology Science Conference | 22 May 2026
Oceans in a Bottle, Experimental Approaches to Studying Hydrothermal Vents on Earth and Other Worlds
Hot springs in the deep ocean are home many interesting lifeforms, especially microorganisms, and some scientists think that similar hot springs may have played an important...
2026 Astrobiology Science Conference | 20 May 2026
Mineral Control of Biological Nitrogen Fixation on Early Earth
Nitrogen is one of the basic building blocks of life, but most living organisms cannot use the nitrogen gas that fills Earth’s atmosphere. A small group of microorganisms...
2026 Astrobiology Science Conference | 19 May 2026
Reducing the Problem: Photochemical Pathways in Prebiotic Chemistry on Early Earth
Understanding how life began on Earth is a major scientific challenge. Scientists have identified chemical networks that could have produced life's building blocks under early...
2026 Astrobiology Science Conference | 21 May 2026
Ancient Air, Handle with Care: Revisiting Fluid Inclusion Constraints on Earth’s Atmospheric Evolution
Owing to their formation in shallow saline environments, evaporite minerals frequently trap both air bubbles and air-saturated brines within fluid inclusions. By analyzing...
2026 Astrobiology Science Conference | 20 May 2026
Metabolic impacts of bacteriophages on anaerobic phototrophic bacteria in early Earth analogs
Isotopic signatures and the degraded pigments of bacteria have been used to reconstruct life on early Earth and could be used to detect life on other planets. Our research...