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Enceladus May Host A Stable Ocean Fit For Life, New Study Finds
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Enceladus May Host A Stable Ocean Fit For Life, New Study Finds - Astrobiology
the first evidence of significant heat flow at Enceladus’ north pole
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Communicating Discoveries In The Search For Life In The Universe Workshop Report
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Communicating Discoveries In The Search For Life In The Universe Workshop Report - Astrobiology
The potential discovery of life beyond Earth presents unique communication challenges for astrobiology. These include ambiguous data, public misconceptions, and the dynamics of social media platforms....
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November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Frosty Alcoves Viewed On Kaiser Crater Dunes On Mars
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Frosty Alcoves Viewed On Kaiser Crater Dunes On Mars - Astrobiology
Kaiser Crater hosts a large field of sand dunes.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Precise Mass And Radius Determination For Two New And One Known Neptune-sized Planets Around G Dwarf Hosts
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Precise Mass And Radius Determination For Two New And One Known Neptune-sized Planets Around G Dwarf Hosts - Astrobiology
As part of the KESPRINT collaboration, we present the discovery and characterization of three exoplanets in the sub-Neptune to super-Neptune regime
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November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Life In The Dark: Potential Urability Of Moons Of Rogue Planets
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Life In The Dark: Potential Urability Of Moons Of Rogue Planets - Astrobiology
Free-floating (rogue) planets are thought to be numerous in the Galaxy and may retain their moons after ejection from their natal systems
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November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Detectability of Atmospheric Climate and Biosignatures with the Large Interferometer for Exoplanets (LIFE) for Terrestrial-type Exoplanets
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Detectability of Atmospheric Climate and Biosignatures with the Large Interferometer for Exoplanets (LIFE) for Terrestrial-type Exoplanets - Astrobiology
We investigate the detectability of atmospheric biosignatures with the LIFE mission.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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First Detection Of CH3OD In Prestellar Cores
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First Detection Of CH3OD In Prestellar Cores - Astrobiology
The isotopic ratios of deuterated methanol derived around protostars are commonly used to infer the physical conditions under which they formed in the earlier prestellar stage.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Heatproof Microbes Reveal Molecular Secrets Of Nature's Hottest Recycling System
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Heatproof Microbes Reveal Molecular Secrets Of Nature's Hottest Recycling System - Astrobiology
When compost piles reach nearly boiling temperatures, most life would perish—but not the resilient microbes thriving within
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November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Binding Energies of Interstellar Complex Organic Molecules on Water Ice Surfaces: A Quantum Chemical Investigation
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Binding Energies of Interstellar Complex Organic Molecules on Water Ice Surfaces: A Quantum Chemical Investigation - Astrobiology
nterstellar dust grains are enveloped by ices of frozen molecules in cold, dense regions of the interstellar medium (ISM), which are also observed in the gas phase.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Exoplanet Climate Characterization With Transit Asymmetries -- A Comprehensive Population Study From The Optical To The Infrared
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Exoplanet Climate Characterization With Transit Asymmetries - A Comprehensive Population Study From The Optical To The Infrared - Astrobiology
Space missions (CHEOPS, JWST, PLATO) facilitate detailed characterization of exoplanets.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Experiments Reveal Extreme Water Generation During Planet Formation
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Experiments Reveal Extreme Water Generation During Planet Formation - Astrobiology
The most abundant type of planet discovered in the Galaxy has no analogue in our Solar System and is believed to consist of a rocky interior with an overlying thick H2 dominated envelope.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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The Coupled Tidal Evolution of the Moons and Spins of Warm Exoplanets
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The Coupled Tidal Evolution of the Moons and Spins of Warm Exoplanets - Astrobiology
The Solar System giant planets harbour a wide variety of moons.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Enceladus May Host A Stable Ocean Fit For Life, New Study Finds
astrobiology.com/2025/11/ence... #astrobiology #Enceladus
Enceladus May Host A Stable Ocean Fit For Life, New Study Finds - Astrobiology
the first evidence of significant heat flow at Enceladus’ north pole
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November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Tidally Torn: Why the Most Common Stars May Lack Large, Habitable-Zone Moons
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Tidally Torn: Why the Most Common Stars May Lack Large, Habitable-Zone Moons - Astrobiology
Earth-like planets in the habitable zone (HZ) of M-dwarfs have recently been targeted in the search for exomoons.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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A Sensitivity Analysis Of Interstellar Ice Chemistry In Astrochemical Models
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A Sensitivity Analysis Of Interstellar Ice Chemistry In Astrochemical Models - Astrobiology
Astrochemical models are essential to bridge the gap between the timescales of reactions, experiments, and observations.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Small Aquatic Systems Found To Fix 15% Of Earth's Nitrogen
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Small Aquatic Systems Found To Fix 15% Of Earth's Nitrogen - Astrobiology
Nitrogen is vital for all known life. Yet most nitrogen on Earth is in the atmosphere as di-nitrogen gas, which many organisms can’t use.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Multiple Roles Of DNA Methylation In Sea-ice Bacterial Communities And Associated Viruses
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Multiple Roles Of DNA Methylation In Sea-ice Bacterial Communities And Associated Viruses - Astrobiology
Despite growing evidence for the role of DNA methylation in bacterial acclimation to environmental stress
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November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Ion-molecule Routes Towards Cycles In TMC-1. An Automated Study Of The C2H4 + CH2CCH+ Reaction
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Ion-molecule Routes Towards Cycles In TMC-1. An Automated Study Of The C2H4 + CH2CCH+ Reaction - Astrobiology
Cyclopentadiene (c-C5H6) is considered a key molecule in the formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the interstellar medium (ISM).
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November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Communicating Discoveries In The Search For Life In The Universe Workshop Report
astrobiology.com/2025/11/comm... #Astrobiology #NASA
Communicating Discoveries In The Search For Life In The Universe Workshop Report - Astrobiology
The potential discovery of life beyond Earth presents unique communication challenges for astrobiology. These include ambiguous data, public misconceptions, and the dynamics of social media platforms....
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November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Accelerating Radiative Transfer For Planetary Atmospheres by Orders of Magnitude with a Transformer-Based Machine Learning Model
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Accelerating Radiative Transfer For Planetary Atmospheres by Orders of Magnitude with a Transformer-Based Machine Learning Model - Astrobiology
Radiative transfer calculations are essential for modeling planetary atmospheres.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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NASA's ESCAPADE Mission To Mars — Twin UC Berkeley Satellites Will Launch In Early November
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NASA's ESCAPADE Mission To Mars — Twin UC Berkeley Satellites Will Launch In Early November - Astrobiology
The first dual-satellite mission to another planet, NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), is scheduled for launch no earlier than Sunday, Nov. 9, from Cape Canaveral...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Early-Career Astrobiologists: Have Your Say!
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Early-Career Astrobiologists: Have Your Say! - Astrobiology
Dear all, It’s been a little while since our last update: we hope you’ve all been doing well and staying inspired in your research and projects!
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November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Sensitivity to Sub-Io-sized Exosatellite Transits In The MIRI LRS Lightcurve Of The Nearest Substellar Worlds
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Sensitivity to Sub-Io-sized Exosatellite Transits In The MIRI LRS Lightcurve Of The Nearest Substellar Worlds - Astrobiology
JWST's unprecedented sensitivity enables precise spectrophotometric monitoring of substellar worlds
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November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Predicting Exoplanet Transit Yields In The Rosette Nebula With The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
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Predicting Exoplanet Transit Yields In The Rosette Nebula With The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope - Astrobiology
Young stars host only a small fraction of the known exoplanet population because their photometric variability
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November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Horizontal And Vertical Exoplanet Thermal Structure From A JWST Spectroscopic Eclipse Map
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Horizontal And Vertical Exoplanet Thermal Structure From A JWST Spectroscopic Eclipse Map - Astrobiology
Highly-irradiated giant exoplanets known as "ultra-hot Jupiters" are anticipated to exhibit large variations of atmospheric temperature and chemistry as a function of longitude, latitude, and altitude
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November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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On The Applicability of Ring-Moon Cycles to Exoplanets
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On The Applicability of Ring-Moon Cycles to Exoplanets - Astrobiology
The presence of rings and moons around exoplanets is likely to be one of the next great discoveries in exoplanet research.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM