Astrobiology: Life in the Universe

NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)


  1. Now showing: All projects that addressed Astrobiology Roadmap Objective 7.1 from the PSU team

  2. Roadmap Goal 7: Determine how to recognize signatures of life on other worlds and on early Earth

    Objective 7.1: Biosignatures to be sought in Solar System materials

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    TEAM: PSU / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2

    Examination of the Microbial Diversity Found in Ice Cores (Brenchley)

    TEAM: PSU / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1

    Laboratory Microbial Simulations: Astrobiological Signatures

    TEAM: PSU / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.1

    Molecular Signatures of Life on the Edge (DDF project)

    TEAM: PSU / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.1

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  • 1.1 Models of formation and evolution of habitable planets
  • 1.2 Indirect and direct astronomical observations of extrasolar habitable planets
  • 2.1 Mars exploration
  • 2.2 Outer Solar System exploration
  • 3.1 Sources of prebiotic materials and catalysts
  • 3.2 Origins and evolution of functional biomolecules
  • 3.3 Origins of energy transduction
  • 3.4 Origins of cellularity and protobiological systems
  • 4.1 Earth's early biosphere
  • 4.2 Foundations of complex life
  • 5.1 Environment-dependent, molecular evolution in microorganisms
  • 5.2 Co-evolution of microbial communities
  • 5.3 Biochemical adaptation to extreme environments
  • 6.1 Environmental changes and the cycling of elements by the biota, communities, and ecosystems
  • 6.2 Adaptation and evolution of life beyond Earth
  • 7.1 [x]
  • 7.2 Biosignatures to be sought in nearby planetary systems

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  • Carnegie Institution of Washington
  • Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Marine Biological Laboratory
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Montana State University
  • NASA Ames Research Center
  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • Pennsylvania State University [x]
  • SETI Institute
  • University of Arizona
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of Colorado, Boulder
  • University of Wisconsin