Arizona Astrobiology Center
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Astrobiology is an exciting interdisciplinary field about the origins, evolution and distribution of life in the universe. We are based at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ.
Careers in Astrobiology: What is an Image Processing Engineer?
Astrobiology Ambassador Ellie Cornish gives us the rundown on what an image processing engineer does and how they help scientists of many different stripes with pictures from telescopes and rovers.
#astrobiology #science
Astrobiology Ambassador Ellie Cornish gives us the rundown on what an image processing engineer does and how they help scientists of many different stripes with pictures from telescopes and rovers.
#astrobiology #science
October 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Careers in Astrobiology: What is an Image Processing Engineer?
Astrobiology Ambassador Ellie Cornish gives us the rundown on what an image processing engineer does and how they help scientists of many different stripes with pictures from telescopes and rovers.
#astrobiology #science
Astrobiology Ambassador Ellie Cornish gives us the rundown on what an image processing engineer does and how they help scientists of many different stripes with pictures from telescopes and rovers.
#astrobiology #science
Astrobiology Ambassador Chase Cooper talks up tidally-locked planets in this Astrobio Lounge short!
#astrobiology #science #research
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October 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Astrobiology Ambassador Chase Cooper talks up tidally-locked planets in this Astrobio Lounge short!
#astrobiology #science #research
@uarizona.bsky.social
#astrobiology #science #research
@uarizona.bsky.social
Produced by the Arizona Astrobiology Center & the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, “Big Questions: Astrobiology” takes audiences on an immersive journey into some of the universe’s most profound mysteries: How did Earth become habitable? Where did life begin?
www.rocketcenter.com/INTUITIVEPla...
www.rocketcenter.com/INTUITIVEPla...
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Produced by the Arizona Astrobiology Center & the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, “Big Questions: Astrobiology” takes audiences on an immersive journey into some of the universe’s most profound mysteries: How did Earth become habitable? Where did life begin?
www.rocketcenter.com/INTUITIVEPla...
www.rocketcenter.com/INTUITIVEPla...
We want to thank members of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center who joined us for the AABC open house and the premiere of “Big Questions: Astrobiology”.
Pictured (front): David Weigel, Brittany Kundert, Erin Nagelkirk
back: Dani DellaGiustina (LPL), Corey Knox, Tyler Robinson (AABC)
Pictured (front): David Weigel, Brittany Kundert, Erin Nagelkirk
back: Dani DellaGiustina (LPL), Corey Knox, Tyler Robinson (AABC)
October 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
We want to thank members of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center who joined us for the AABC open house and the premiere of “Big Questions: Astrobiology”.
Pictured (front): David Weigel, Brittany Kundert, Erin Nagelkirk
back: Dani DellaGiustina (LPL), Corey Knox, Tyler Robinson (AABC)
Pictured (front): David Weigel, Brittany Kundert, Erin Nagelkirk
back: Dani DellaGiustina (LPL), Corey Knox, Tyler Robinson (AABC)
Repost: hold the date! 😃
September 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Repost: hold the date! 😃
Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the exciting discovery of minerals and organic compounds on Mars that may signal the potential for ancient life with the help of astrobiologist David Grinspoon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvcf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvcf...
What We Just Found on Mars
YouTube video by StarTalk
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September 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the exciting discovery of minerals and organic compounds on Mars that may signal the potential for ancient life with the help of astrobiologist David Grinspoon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvcf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvcf...
Proposal link: www.agu.org/abscicon/pre...
September 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Proposal link: www.agu.org/abscicon/pre...
A Mars rock analysis tool proved its mettle on a chance find from Arizona
www.sciencenews.org/article/mars...
www.sciencenews.org/article/mars...
A Mars rock analysis tool proved its mettle on a chance find from Arizona
On Mars, the Perseverance rover found a spotted rock that could bear signs of ancient life. On Earth, a researcher used a lookalike for a dry run.
www.sciencenews.org
September 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
A Mars rock analysis tool proved its mettle on a chance find from Arizona
www.sciencenews.org/article/mars...
www.sciencenews.org/article/mars...
Asteroid Bennu is a time capsule of materials bearing witness to its origin and transformation over billions of years – news.arizona.edu/news/asteroi...
#astrobiology #science
#astrobiology #science
Asteroid Bennu is a time capsule of materials bearing witness to its origin and transformation over billions of years
Three new papers reveal yet more secrets from samples collected by the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission from asteroid Bennu.
news.arizona.edu
September 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Asteroid Bennu is a time capsule of materials bearing witness to its origin and transformation over billions of years – news.arizona.edu/news/asteroi...
#astrobiology #science
#astrobiology #science
NASA’s Cosmic Origins Program is excited to invite you to the first Early Career Workshop, designed to support and empower the next generation of astrophysics leaders and Principal Investigators.
More: cor.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/2025/73...
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More: cor.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/2025/73...
#astrobiology
September 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
NASA’s Cosmic Origins Program is excited to invite you to the first Early Career Workshop, designed to support and empower the next generation of astrophysics leaders and Principal Investigators.
More: cor.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/2025/73...
#astrobiology
More: cor.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/2025/73...
#astrobiology
AABC is pleased to announce that Dr. Stuart Hameroff, a world leader in consciousness studies, is now with AABC!
How does consciousness science connects to astrobiology’s themes of studying the past, present, and future of life in the cosmos? More here: astrobiology.arizona.edu/person/stuar...
How does consciousness science connects to astrobiology’s themes of studying the past, present, and future of life in the cosmos? More here: astrobiology.arizona.edu/person/stuar...
July 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
AABC is pleased to announce that Dr. Stuart Hameroff, a world leader in consciousness studies, is now with AABC!
How does consciousness science connects to astrobiology’s themes of studying the past, present, and future of life in the cosmos? More here: astrobiology.arizona.edu/person/stuar...
How does consciousness science connects to astrobiology’s themes of studying the past, present, and future of life in the cosmos? More here: astrobiology.arizona.edu/person/stuar...
You’re invited to the launch of SkillSpace@AABC, a new workshop series from the Arizona Astrobiology Center with an exciting, cross-disciplinary training in AI and machine learning research methods.
Space is limited, so please register soon!
bit.ly/453m6Ir
Space is limited, so please register soon!
bit.ly/453m6Ir
July 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
You’re invited to the launch of SkillSpace@AABC, a new workshop series from the Arizona Astrobiology Center with an exciting, cross-disciplinary training in AI and machine learning research methods.
Space is limited, so please register soon!
bit.ly/453m6Ir
Space is limited, so please register soon!
bit.ly/453m6Ir
Astrobio Lounge: Take Us to Titan with Dragonfly
Want to take a trip to Titan? The Dragonfly mission is promising to help unlock the secrets of Saturn’s largest moon Titan and AABC Astrobiology Ambassador Chase Cooper is breaking it down for us.
youtu.be/luhBm8AHJeQ
Want to take a trip to Titan? The Dragonfly mission is promising to help unlock the secrets of Saturn’s largest moon Titan and AABC Astrobiology Ambassador Chase Cooper is breaking it down for us.
youtu.be/luhBm8AHJeQ
Astrobio Lounge: Take Us to Titan with Dragonfly
YouTube video by Arizona Astrobiology Center
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July 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Astrobio Lounge: Take Us to Titan with Dragonfly
Want to take a trip to Titan? The Dragonfly mission is promising to help unlock the secrets of Saturn’s largest moon Titan and AABC Astrobiology Ambassador Chase Cooper is breaking it down for us.
youtu.be/luhBm8AHJeQ
Want to take a trip to Titan? The Dragonfly mission is promising to help unlock the secrets of Saturn’s largest moon Titan and AABC Astrobiology Ambassador Chase Cooper is breaking it down for us.
youtu.be/luhBm8AHJeQ
Are you interested in organics for the origin of life, returned samples, life detection, or machine learning? Consider joining the virtual Astrobiology Spectral Database (ASD) Workshop! Wednesday, July 23, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. CT
More -> www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/asd...
More -> www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/asd...
Astrobiology Spectral Database Workshop 2025
Are you interested in organics for the origin of life, returned samples, life detection, or machine learning? Do you have an interest in or experience with database development?
www.hou.usra.edu
July 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Are you interested in organics for the origin of life, returned samples, life detection, or machine learning? Consider joining the virtual Astrobiology Spectral Database (ASD) Workshop! Wednesday, July 23, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. CT
More -> www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/asd...
More -> www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/asd...
AABC member Karla Paredes Aguilar tells us all about slimy extremophiles called “snottites”.
July 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
AABC member Karla Paredes Aguilar tells us all about slimy extremophiles called “snottites”.
Congratulations to AABC member Solange Duhamel, as a 2025 Fulbright Scholar! Her work will study the movement of phosphorus through the ocean at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaría to better understand the element's role in supporting marine ecosystems.
news.arizona.edu/news/experti...
news.arizona.edu/news/experti...
July 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Congratulations to AABC member Solange Duhamel, as a 2025 Fulbright Scholar! Her work will study the movement of phosphorus through the ocean at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaría to better understand the element's role in supporting marine ecosystems.
news.arizona.edu/news/experti...
news.arizona.edu/news/experti...
Meteorite causes rethink of how and when our solar system formed
Meteorite causes rethink of how and when our solar system formed
Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the asteroid belt, but now a meteorite from the outer solar system is rewritin...
www.newscientist.com
July 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Meteorite causes rethink of how and when our solar system formed
AABC Astrobiology Ambassador Chase Cooper walks us through how life could possibly form on Titan and how it could survive.
youtu.be/XYhrnsg97w0
youtu.be/XYhrnsg97w0
Astrobio Lounge: How Could Life Form on Titan?
YouTube video by Arizona Astrobiology Center
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July 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
AABC Astrobiology Ambassador Chase Cooper walks us through how life could possibly form on Titan and how it could survive.
youtu.be/XYhrnsg97w0
youtu.be/XYhrnsg97w0