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 Chase Cooper talks up tidally-locked planets in this Astrobio Lounge short! #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...

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)

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

Mars Orbiter learns new tricks as Tucson-linked spacecraft continues search for water www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

NASA scientist interview on alien life in our Solar System | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Discover the joy of science communication with PTYS 495B:Astronomy Discovery, an engaging 3-unit course offered in Fall 2025 at the University of Arizona. www.lpl.arizona.edu/undergraduat...

As the spring semester comes to a close, AABC thanks our ambassadors and members for all their work and contributions at our luncheon today!

I love seeing new astrobiology programs emerge at world-class universities! @azastrobiology.bsky.social is the kind of center I wish I had as a student. Thank you for inviting me out! 🪐👽💙

10 billion Milky Way stars might have habitable exoplanets after all www.nsf.gov/news/10-bill...

Signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b may just be statistical noise — www.newscientist.com/article/2477...

A big thanks to Dr. David Grinspoon, NASA's Senior Scientist for Astrobiology Strategy, who visited the AABC to talk about astrobiology and shared insights from his career!

Want to Know How to Survive in Space? Ask a Tardigrade www.universetoday.com/articles/wan...

NOW ACCEPTING 2025 MENSCH PRIZE NOMINATIONS! Deadline: Friday, April 4, 2025, 10 p.m. The Mensch Prize in Astrobiology encourages undergraduate and graduate students who have explored through research and creative projects related to astrobiology. Details: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Nine New Tardigrade Species Discovered Thanks to the Efforts of Danish Schoolchildren The budding scientists collected the tiny water bears in a massive citizen science project that involved almost 30,000 participants www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

Are you ready to take the next step toward an exciting career in STEM? Join us for the NASA Internships Webinar to explore how you can gain hands-on experience with NASA!

REPOST: AABC is now accepting submissions through Monday, March 31, for the 2025 Arizona Astrobiology Center Seed Grants. These are open to faculty, staff, grad students, and post docs. This funding is up to $10K. To apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

REPOST: We enjoyed the company at the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Festival this past weekend with volunteers Kiki Gonglewski and Olivia Cox. We had people imagine what life might look like around other types of stars and design creatures out of clay/paper and markers. Thank you, all! #astrobiology

MUSEUM DAY 2025 Get ready to ignite your curiosity at U of A Museum Day on Saturday, March 29, 2025! This second annual event invites the community to experience museums and including Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium and Tree-Ring Lab. research.arizona.edu/university-a...

The Road Map to Alien Life Passes Through the ‘Cosmic Shoreline’ www.quantamagazine.org/the-road-map...

We’re at the Festival of Books. Come by and say hi!

AABC Meets: Michael Phillips Our full interview with AABC member Michael Phillips, manager of the Space Imagery Center at @uarizonalpl.bsky.social , @uarizona.bsky.social youtu.be/nWm7mg4Ol1g #astrobiology

Strange microbes on Earth might help us understand life on Venus If the clouds of our sister planet contain life, it will be very different than what we know. But terrestrial analogs might still give us some clues www.astronomy.com/science/stra...

Signs of alien life may be hiding in these gases: Advancing the search for weird life on weird planets www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...