Extraterrestrial Life Signature Detection Microscopy: Search and Analysis of Cells and Organics on Mars and Other Solar System Bodies

In situ biochemical characterization of Venus cloud particles using a life-signature detection microscope

(2022) Satoshi Sasaki et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Biological safety in the context of backward planetary protection and Mars Sample Return: conclusions from the Sterilization Working Group

(2021) Emily Craven et al.   International Journal of Astrobiology

Venus, an Astrobiology Target

(2021) Sanjay S. Limaye et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Perseverance’s Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) Investigation

(2021) Rohit Bhartia et al.   SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

Sample collection from asteroid (162173) Ryugu by Hayabusa2: Implications for surface evolution

(2020) T. Morota et al.   SCIENCE

The Importance of Phobos Sample Return for Understanding the Mars-Moon System

(2020) Tomohiro Usui et al.   SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

Hayabusa2 mission status: Landing, roving and cratering on asteroid Ryugu

(2020) Yuichi Tsuda et al.   ACTA ASTRONAUTICA

Impact-induced amino acid formation on Hadean Earth and Noachian Mars

(2020) Yuto Takeuchi et al.   Scientific Reports

DNA Damage and Survival Time Course of Deinococcal Cell Pellets During 3 Years of Exposure to Outer Space

(2020) Yuko Kawaguchi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus

(2020) Jane S. Greaves et al.   Nature Astronomy

The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return

(2019) D. W. Beaty et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Recovery of Fatty Acids from Mineralogic Mars Analogs by TMAH Thermochemolysis for the Sample Analysis at Mars Wet Chemistry Experiment on the Curiosity Rover

(2019) Amy J. Williams et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

A novel method: using an adenosine triphosphate (ATP) luminescence–based assay to rapidly assess the biological stability of drinking water

(2019) Kejia Zhang et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Origin of Terrestrial Bioorganic Homochirality and Symmetry Breaking in the Universe

(2019) Jun-ichi Takahashi et al.   Symmetry-Basel

Assessment of the probability of microbial contamination for sample return from Martian moons II: The fate of microbes on Martian moons

(2019) Kosuke Kurosawa et al.   Life Sciences in Space Research

Assessment of the probability of microbial contamination for sample return from Martian moons I: Departure of microbes from Martian surface

(2019) Kazuhisa Fujita et al.   Life Sciences in Space Research

The Search for Chiral Asymmetry as a Potential Biosignature in our Solar System

(2019) Daniel P. Glavin et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Thermochemolysis–GC-MS as a tool for chemotaxonomy and predation monitoring of a predatory actinobacteria against a multidrug resistant bacteria

(2019) M. Ibrahimi et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Extraterrestrial ribose and other sugars in primitive meteorites

(2019) Yoshihiro Furukawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Venus' Spectral Signatures and the Potential for Life in the Clouds

(2018) Sanjay S. Limaye et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Exoplanet Biosignatures: Observational Prospects

(2018) Yuka Fujii et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Background levels of methane in Mars’ atmosphere show strong seasonal variations

(2018) Christopher R. Webster et al.   SCIENCE

Radar evidence of subglacial liquid water on Mars

(2018) R. Orosei et al.   SCIENCE

Granular flows at recurring slope lineae on Mars indicate a limited role for liquid water

(2017) Colin M. Dundas et al.   Nature Geoscience

One-pot synthesis of amino acid precursors with insoluble organic matter in planetesimals with aqueous activity

(2017) Yoko Kebukawa et al.   Science Advances

Detection of Perchlorate and the Soluble Chemistry of Martian Soil at the Phoenix Lander Site

(2017) M. H. Hecht et al.   SCIENCE

Enceladus’s measured physical libration requires a global subsurface ocean

(2016) P.C. Thomas et al.   ICARUS

Spectral evidence for hydrated salts in recurring slope lineae on Mars

(2015) Lujendra Ojha et al.   Nature Geoscience

Organic molecules in the Sheepbed Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars

(2015) C. Freissinet et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Mars methane detection and variability at Gale crater

(2014) C. R. Webster et al.   SCIENCE

Chloromethane release from carbonaceous meteorite affords new insight into Mars lander findings

(2014) Frank Keppler et al.   Scientific Reports

X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopic study of Hayabusa category 3 carbonaceous particles

(2014) Hikaru Yabuta et al.   EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE

Sulfur-bearing phases detected by evolved gas analysis of the Rocknest aeolian deposit, Gale Crater, Mars

(2014) Amy C. McAdam et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Wavelength-dependent UV photodesorption of pure N2and O2ices

(2013) E. C. Fayolle et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL FORMATION OF ORGANIC SOLIDS IN CHONDRITES AND COMETS THROUGH POLYMERIZATION OF INTERSTELLAR FORMALDEHYDE

(2013) Yoko Kebukawa et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Molecular fossils probe life's origins

(2013) Philip Hunter   EMBO REPORTS

Perchlorate and halophilic prokaryotes: implications for possible halophilic life on Mars

(2013) Aharon Oren et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Recurring slope lineae in equatorial regions of Mars

(2013) Alfred S. McEwen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Groundwater activity on Mars and implications for a deep biosphere

(2013) Joseph R. Michalski et al.   Nature Geoscience

A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

(2013) J. P. Grotzinger et al.   SCIENCE

Mars' Surface Radiation Environment Measured with the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity Rover

(2013) D. M. Hassler et al.   SCIENCE

Transient Water Vapor at Europa's South Pole

(2013) L. Roth et al.   SCIENCE

The Use of Ascorbate as an Oxidation Inhibitor in Prebiotic Amino Acid Synthesis: A Cautionary Note

(2012) Hideharu Kuwahara et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Growth of Carnobacterium spp. from permafrost under low pressure, temperature, and anoxic atmosphere has implications for Earth microbes on Mars

(2012) W. L. Nicholson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cultivation of unculturable soil bacteria

(2012) Van H.T. Pham et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Three-Dimensional Structure of Hayabusa Samples: Origin and Evolution of Itokawa Regolith

(2011) A. Tsuchiyama et al.   SCIENCE

Itokawa Dust Particles: A Direct Link Between S-Type Asteroids and Ordinary Chondrites

(2011) T. Nakamura et al.   SCIENCE

Miniaturized High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer MULTUM-S II with an Infinite Flight Path

(2010) Shuichi Shimma et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Automated Protein Hydrolysis Delivering Sample to a Solid Acid Catalyst for Amino Acid Analysis

(2010) Akiko Masuda et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

TOF-SIMS analysis of cometary matter in Stardust aerogel tracks

(2010) Thomas Stephan et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Methane emissions from Earth’s degassing: Implications for Mars

(2010) G. Etiope et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Manganese- and Iron-Dependent Marine Methane Oxidation

(2009) E. J. Beal et al.   SCIENCE

Extraterrestrial nucleobases in the Murchison meteorite

(2008) Zita Martins et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS