The Fate Of Frozen Carbonated Water At Europa-like Conditions - Astrobiology We present the results of experiments probing the retention of CO2 in crystalline water ice

The Fate Of Frozen Carbonated Water At Europa-like Conditions
astrobiology.com/2026/04/the-... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #astrogeology

Spectral Signatures From The Habitable Zone - Astrobiology This work describes the context and approach for the detection of spectroscopic signatures from planets in the habitable zone of nearby stars

Spectral Signatures From The Habitable Zone
astrobiology.com/2026/04/spec... #astrobiology #biosignature #astrochemistry #astrogeology

Machine Learning As A Transformative Tool for (Exo-)Planetary Science - Astrobiology The exploration of planetary bodies in our Solar system and beyond relies on the processing

Machine Learning As A Transformative Tool for (Exo-)Planetary Science
astrobiology.com/2026/04/mach... #astrobiology #AI #astrogeology #astrochemistry

Methanimine As A Sink In The HCN And HNC Solid State Hydrogenation Network - Astrobiology ystematic and quantitative description of the hydrogenation network connecting HCN and HNC to methylamine on interstellar water ices

Methanimine As A Sink In The HCN And HNC Solid State Hydrogenation Network
astrobiology.com/2026/04/meth... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #interstellar

Mineral-facilitated Aqueous Synthesis Of Hydrogen Cyanide From Prebiotically Abundant Amino Acids For Chemical Evolution - Astrobiology hydrogen cyanide (HCN) serves as a fundamental precursor for nearly all essential biomolecules and protometabolic processes for life's emergence

Mineral-facilitated Aqueous Synthesis Of Hydrogen Cyanide From Prebiotically Abundant Amino Acids For Chemical Evolution
astrobiology.com/2026/04/mine... #astrobiology #biosignature #astrochemistry #genomics #interstellar

From Early Earth to Enceladus - Mineral Electrochemistry Could Drive Organic Synthesis - Astrobiology At some point in Earth’s history, chemistry transitioned from abiotic organic synthesis

From Early Earth to Enceladus - Mineral Electrochemistry Could Drive Organic Synthesis
astrobiology.com/2026/04/from... #astrobiology #biosignature #astrochemistry #astrogeology

Chang'e Mission Samples Reveal How Exogenous Organic Matter Evolves On The Moon - Astrobiology Elements essential to life, such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur, were “delivered” to the Earth and Moon during the early stages of the Solar System via asteroids and comets impact...

Chang'e Mission Samples Reveal How Exogenous Organic Matter Evolves On The Moon
astrobiology.com/2026/04/chan... #astrobiology #biosignature #astrochemistry #astrogeology #Artemis

Computational Chemistry And Supercomputers To Help Understand The Mechanisms Of Life - Astrobiology how computational chemistry and supercomputers can help scientists better understand the fundamental mechanisms of life

Computational Chemistry And Supercomputers To Help Understand The Mechanisms Of Life
astrobiology.com/2026/04/comp... #astrobiology #biosignature #astrochemistry #genomics

Super-Earth Masses And Stellar Abundances From NIRPS Reveal Tentative Evidence For Water-rich Formation Around M Dwarfs
astrobiology.com/2026/04/supe... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #exoplanet

Hydrolyzed Hazes on Water-rich Exoplanets: Optical Constants and Detectability
astrobiology.com/2026/04/hydr... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #exoplanet

Exoplanet Orbital Distribution Around FGK Sun-like Host Stars II: A Valley In The Orbital Semi-major Axis Distribution Of Sub-Neptunes
astrobiology.com/2026/04/exop... #astrobiology #astrochemistry #exoplanet

Congratulations to Katherine Rose Gold, Ph.D Candidate in Chemistry, on being selected as a 2026 Arizona Astrobiology Center Seed Grant awardee!

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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

📄 The UMIST Database for Astrochemistry 2022

Quicklook:
Millar, T. J. et al. (2024) · Astronomy and Astrophysics
Reads: 164 · Citations: 92
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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