October 2019
Are we prepared for SETI discovery?
... realised that there are exoplanets quite similar to terrestrial planets all over the Milky Way galaxy, astrobiology started to develop methods to discover effects connected with extraterrestrial life on these far away celestial bodies. Unfortunately...
November 2021
The philosophy of space missions today
... ethical conception adopted, objects in space can be assigned either intrinsic or instrumental value. The ethics of astrobiology partly overlaps with environmental ethics insofar as we deal with living organisms in space. Finally, an encounter with...
June 2020
Titan’s evolving atmosphere
...(HCN), cyanoacetylene, HC3N, etc). Some of these species, like HCN, are prebiotic molecules of high interest for astrobiology. Figure 1. Titan’s atmosphere and processes therein leading to the formation of organics. The atmosphere also includes small...
July 2020
Life in the universe – common or not?
... on Earth and how many stars in the galaxy harbour life on their planets? In recent years the word astrobiology has become popular, with an increasing number of researchers tackling the problem of the origin of life in fields as diverse...
February 2016
Is Jupiter Really Our Protective Shield?
... Jones, and J. Chambers(2010) Jupiter - friend or foe? III: The Oort Cloud Comets. International Journal of Astrobiology, 9:1-10. 35 Grazier, K.R., J.C. Castillo-Rogez, P.W. Sharp (2014) Dynamical Delivery of Volatiles to the Outer Main Belt, Icarus...
October 2018
Looking for life on Enceladus with IceMole
... and radioactive contamination. These expanded planetary protection concerns are expected to be a critical aspect for future in-situ astrobiology missions. Power sources The main critical point for this mission is the power needed for the...
