Nonequilibrium Synthesis of Glycolamide (NH2COCH2OH), a Precursor to Amino Acids, on Interstellar Nanoparticles - Astrobiology Complex organic molecules (COMs) are thought to form in cold interstellar environments

Nonequilibrium Synthesis of Glycolamide (NH2COCH2OH), a Precursor to Amino Acids, on Interstellar Nanoparticles
astrobiology.com/2026/04/none... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #biochemistry #biosignatures

Distribution Of Extraterrestrial Nucleobases, Other N-heterocycles, And Their Precursors In A Sample From Asteroid Bennu - Astrobiology The recent discovery of all five canonical nucleobases in samples from Bennu

Distribution Of Extraterrestrial Nucleobases, Other N-heterocycles, And Their Precursors In A Sample From Asteroid Bennu
astrobiology.com/2026/04/dist... #astrobiology #genomics #astrochemistry

CO and N2 Produced from H2O, CO2, and NH3 Cometary Ice Analogs - Astrobiology Hypervolatile species such as carbon monoxide (CO) and molecular nitrogen (N2) have been detected in comets

CO and N2 Produced from H2O, CO2, and NH3 Cometary Ice Analogs
astrobiology.com/2026/04/co-a... #astrobiology #astrochemistry

The UMIST Database for Astrochemistry 2022 Context. Detailed astrochemical models are a key component to interpret the observations of interstellar and circumstellar molecules since they allow important physical properties of the gas and its evolutionary history to be deduced. <BR /> Aims: We update one of the most widely

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DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346908

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Experimental Insights Into The Azotosome Hypothesis In Titan's Lake Fluid - Astrobiology Since the discovery of hydrocarbon lakes and seas on Saturn’s moon Titan, there has been much speculation on whether these could serve as suitable environments to host exotic life.

Experimental Insights Into The Azotosome Hypothesis In Titan's Lake Fluids
astrobiology.com/2026/04/expe... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #biochemistry

Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase-encoding Microorganisms In Volcanic Astrobiological Analogues: An Enzyme System To Investigate The Evolution Of Life - Astrobiology Maximum BLASTx identity (%) of key Cdh/Coo and CoxL enzymes across eight global locations.

Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase-encoding Microorganisms In Volcanic Astrobiological Analogues: An Enzyme System To Investigate The Evolution Of Life
astrobiology.com/2026/04/carb... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #biochemistry

Behavior Of Biomolecules Under High-pressure Torsion And Its Implications For Astrobiology - Astrobiology Understanding the fate of biomolecules under extreme conditions is central to astrobiology and the origin of life.

Behavior Of Biomolecules Under High-pressure Torsion And Its Implications For Astrobiology
astrobiology.com/2026/04/beha... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #biochemistry

Lightning Bolts On Jupiter Pack More Than 100 Times The Power Of Earth’s Flashes - Astrobiology Jupiter, the most massive planet in our solar system, has correspondingly humongous storms, some of which last for centuries.

Lightning Bolts On Jupiter Pack More Than 100 Times The Power Of Earth’s Flashes
astrobiology.com/2026/04/ligh... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #biochemistry

The SPHEREx Instrument: Calibration, Testing And Performance Measurements Of The NIR 2 Spectroscopic Surveyor From The Laboratory To In-orbit Commissioning - Astrobiology The SPHEREx near-infrared space telescope is an all-sky spectroscopic survey mission launched on March 12th, 2025 UTC.

The SPHEREx Instrument: Calibration, Testing And Performance Measurements Of The NIR 2 Spectroscopic Surveyor From The Laboratory To In-orbit Commissioning
astrobiology.com/2026/04/the-... #astrobiology #astronomy #astrochemistry

Dust Evolution During Protoplanetary Disk Bbuildup Enhances CO Ice Relative To Water - Astrobiology Water ice is expected to be the dominant volatile component of bodies formed in the outer Solar System

Dust Evolution During Protoplanetary Disk Bbuildup Enhances CO Ice Relative To Water
astrobiology.com/2026/04/dust... #astrobiology #exoplanet #astrochemistry

Quantifying Building Blocks of Life in Planetary Analog Materials: Implications for Prebiotic Chemistry and Biosignature Identification - Astrobiology Quantifying Building Blocks of Life in Planetary Analog Materials

Quantifying Building Blocks of Life in Planetary Analog Materials: Implications for Prebiotic Chemistry and Biosignature Identification
astrobiology.com/2026/04/quan... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #originoflife

Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES). V. Planetary Parameters Derived from Angular Separation Variations - Astrobiology The Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES)

Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES). V. Planetary Parameters Derived from Angular Separation Variations
astrobiology.com/2026/04/clos... #astrobiology #exoplanet #astrochemistry

Tianwen-2 Target Asteroid (469219) Kamo'oalewa Probably Develops An Itokawa-compositional But Ultra-highly Space-weathered Surface - Astrobiology China's Tianwen-2 mission plans to return samples from Earth quasi-satellite (469219) Kamo'oalewa

Tianwen-2 Target Asteroid (469219) Kamo'oalewa Probably Develops An Itokawa-compositional But Ultra-highly Space-weathered Surface
astrobiology.com/2026/04/tian... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #astrogeology

Did Impacts From Meteors Help Start Life On Earth? - Astrobiology Meteor impacts may have helped spark life on Earth

Did Impacts From Meteors Help Start Life On Earth?
astrobiology.com/2026/04/did-... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #originoflife #Biochemistry

From Space Dust To Protocells: Micrometeorites In Early Cellular Evolution - Astrobiology Solid surfaces have long been considered catalysts in prebiotic chemistry

From Space Dust To Protocells: Micrometeorites In Early Cellular Evolution
astrobiology.com/2026/03/from... #astrobiology #meteorite #astrochemistry

A Post-perihelion Constraint On The CO2/H2O Ratio Of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS From [O I] Forbidden Lines - Astrobiology We present high-resolution optical spectroscopy of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

A Post-perihelion Constraint On The CO2/H2O Ratio Of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS From [O I] Forbidden Lines
astrobiology.com/2026/03/a-po... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #Interstellar #Comet #3IATLAS

Detecting New Icy Molecules Around a Newly Forming Star with JWST Astrobites reports on the detection of complex molecules around a protostar in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The post Detecting New I...

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Detecting New Icy Molecules Around a Newly Forming Star with JWST Astrobites reports on the detection of complex molecules around a protostar in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The post Detecting New I...

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Spectral Map Making With SPHEREx - Astrobiology We present map-making methodologies and preliminary spectral data cubes for SPHEREx

Spectral Map Making with SPHEREx
astrobiology.com/2026/03/spec... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #astronomy #SPHEREx

Iron Isotope Anomalies And The Origin Of The Earth - Astrobiology Understanding the origin of the Earth requires determining the original formation location of its building material.

Iron Isotope Anomalies And The Origin Of The Earth
astrobiology.com/2026/03/iron... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #astrogeology

Interstellar Stereoisomerism - Astrobiology The increasing detection of new molecules in the interstellar medium (ISM) shows that stereoisomerism is a fundamental contributor to interstellar molecular complexity.

Interstellar Stereoisomerism
astrobiology.com/2026/03/inte... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #organicchemistry #biochemistry

Isotopic Signature of Organic Molecules from Beyond the Solar System: An Enriched Methane D/H Ratio in the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS - Astrobiology Interstellar objects are interlopers from other planetary systems

Isotopic Signature of Organic Molecules from Beyond the Solar System: An Enriched Methane D/H Ratio in the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
astrobiology.com/2026/03/isot... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #interstellar #3IATLAS

Benchmarking Astrochemistry Paradigms: Relative Absence of C6H5CN+ in the Diffuse ISM - Astrobiology The detectability of C6H5CN+ (benzonitrile cation) in the diffuse ISM is re-evaluated.

Benchmarking Astrochemistry Paradigms: Relative Absence of C6H5CN+ in the Diffuse ISM
astrobiology.com/2026/03/benc... #astrobiology #astrochemistry

First Detection of the Glycine Isomer Glycolamide in Hot Molecular Core - Astrobiology Understanding whether prebiotic molecules can endure and reform through the energetic stages of star formation

First Detection of the Glycine Isomer Glycolamide in Hot Molecular Core
astrobiology.com/2026/03/firs... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #interstellar

The SPHEREx Ices Investigation: An Overview - Astrobiology SPHEREx is a NASA mission designed to perform an all-sky spectroscopic survey in the 0.75 - 5 μm wavelength range

The SPHEREx Ices Investigation: An Overview
astrobiology.com/2026/03/the-... #astrobiology #astrochemistry

High-resolution mid-IR Spectroscopy of SVS 13-A with EXES/SOFIA: The Surprisingly High CH3OH/H2O Ratio In The Planet-forming Zone Of A Solar Mass Protostar - Astrobiology Water and methanol are key components of interstellar ices and gas in star- and planet-forming regions

High-resolution mid-IR spectroscopy of SVS 13-A with EXES/SOFIA: The Surprisingly High CH3OH/H2O Ratio In The Planet-forming Zone Of A Solar Mass Protostar
astrobiology.com/2026/03/high... #astrobiology #exoplanet #astrochemistry

UCLCHEM simulates the intricate chemical dance of molecules in space - from star-forming clouds to planetary atmospheres - using gas-grain chemistry models that reveal how cosmic environments forge the building blocks ...

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JWST Edge-on Disk Ice (JEDIce): Program Overview And Ice Survey Results - Astrobiology The icy material within protoplanetary disks plays a central role in planet formation, yet remains poorly characterized by observations.

JWST Edge-on Disk Ice (JEDIce): Program Overview And Ice Survey Results
astrobiology.com/2026/03/jwst... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #interstellar #JWST

Organosulfur Chemistry On sub-Neptunes: Implications For Hazes And Biosignatures - Astrobiology The organosulfur biosignature gases dimethylsulfide (DMS) and dimethlydisulfide (DMDS)

Organosulfur Chemistry On sub-Neptunes: Implications For Hazes And Biosignatures
astrobiology.com/2026/03/orga... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #Biosignature

Atmospheric Supply Of HCN Is Not The Rate Limiting Step For Prebiotic Chemistry Across Rocky Exoplanets - Astrobiology Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is crucial for the RNA World hypothesis, forming biomolecules essential for early life

Atmospheric Supply Of HCN Is Not The Rate Limiting Step For Prebiotic Chemistry Across Rocky Exoplanets
astrobiology.com/2026/03/atmo... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #originoflife