Astrobiology: Life in the Universe

NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)


  1. Now showing: Year 2004 projects that addressed Astrobiology Roadmap Objective 2.1

  2. Roadmap Goal 2: Explore for past or present habitable environments, prebiotic chemistry and signs of life elsewhere in our Solar System

    Objective 2.1: Mars exploration

    Astrobiotechnology

    TEAM: CIW / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.2, 7.1

    Astrobiotechnology Focus Group

    TEAM: / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 7.1, 7.2

    Biogeochemical cycling and resources on Mars

    TEAM: CUB / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1

    Biomars

    TEAM: CAL / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2

    Biosignatures in chemosynthetic and photosynthetic systems

    TEAM: ARC / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2

    Biosustainable Energy and Nutrient Cycles in the Deep Subsurface of Earth and Mars

    TEAM: IPTAI / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.2

    Examinations of the Microbial Diversity found in Ice Cores

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

    From Molecular Clouds to Habitable Planetary Systems

    TEAM: CIW / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1

    Habitable Planets

    TEAM: ARC / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 2.1, 4.3

    NASA ASTROBIOLOGY INSTITUTE VIRUS FOCUS GROUP Annual Report

    TEAM: / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2

    Planetary Biology, Evolution and Intelligence

    TEAM: SETI / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2

    Post Doc Recruitment - Water and its Relation to Life in the Universe

    TEAM: UH / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2

    Recognition of Theoretical Environments on Mars

    TEAM: MBL / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 7.1

    Subsurface Biospheres

    TEAM: URI / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 2.2, 4.3, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2

    Subsurface Biospheres_execSumm

    TEAM: URI / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 2.2, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2

    The Evolution of a Habitable Planet

    TEAM: PSU / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 2.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1

    The Planetary Context of Biological Evolution

    TEAM: HAR / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 7.2

    UH NAI Visiting Faculty Scholars Program

    TEAM: UH / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2

    Ultramafic-hosted Springs in Subduction Zones

    TEAM: UH / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2

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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
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  • 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 Biosignatures to be sought in Solar System materials
  • 7.2 Biosignatures to be sought in nearby planetary systems

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  • Carnegie Institution of Washington
  • Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Marine Biological Laboratory
  • NASA Ames Research Center
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • SETI Institute
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of Colorado, Boulder
  • University of Hawaii
  • University of Rhode Island