AGU Astrobiology Special This week from AGU astrobiology special edition: Icy worlds get new planetary protection guidelines AGU News AbSciCon26 – Next week 17-22 May!Next week, the Astrobiology Science Conference will convene
AGU Astrobiology Special This week from AGU astrobiology special edition: Icy worlds get new planetary protection guidelines AGU News AbSciCon26 – Next week 17-22 May!Next week, the Astrobiology Science Conference will convene
When it comes to space debris, what goes up is coming down more often—and not safely.
NASA DARES 2025 Date/Time: Monday, May 18th, 2026, 7:00–8:30 pm CDT Please join us Monday evening, May 18th, for the NASA Astrobiology Community Update at AbSciCon 2026, featuring updates from
AbSciCon 2026 This media advisory is available online at: https://news.agu.org/press-release/abscicon26-tipsheet-1-exoplanet-earth-evolution-biosignatures-habitable-worlds/ Astrobiology Science Conference 2026 Monona Terrace Community and Convention CenterOne John Nolen DriveMadison, Wisconsin 5370317 – 22 May 2026 Press contact:Sean Cummings,
AbSciCon 2026 This media advisory is available online at: https://news.agu.org/press-release/abscicon26-tipsheet-2-technosignatures-life-in-space-existential-questions-robot-explorers/ Astrobiology Science Conference 2026 Monona Terrace Community and Convention CenterOne John Nolen DriveMadison, Wisconsin 5370317 – 22 May 2026 Press contact:Sean Cummings,
Astronomers have tracked a dramatic “changing-look” active galactic nucleus (AGN) whose central supermassive black hole appeared to switch off and then rapidly reignite. The galaxy, HE 1237−2252, dimmed in X-rays
Our solar system is currently passing through the Local Interstellar Cloud, a region of highly diluted gas and dust between the stars. On its path, Earth continuously accumulates iron-60, a
After NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled a sample from this rock on April 25, 2026, it withdrew its robotic arm and pulled the entire rock off the surface with it.
Graphical Abstract Experiments exploring potential emergence-of-life chemistry in a laboratory setting critically depend on simulating realistic early-Earth environments. Such experimental conditions include the implementation of controlled high temperatures and pressures,
Cell-free EDTA-treated EPS pigmented sheath — Scientific Reports From the first botanical characterization of cyanobacteria about two centuries ago to contemporary studies, only two categories of extracellular UV-screening pigments have






