European Astrobiology Institute - EAI

REGISTRATION FOR GLOBAL ASTROCHEMISTRY LECTURE SERIES OPEN
The registration for the Global Astrochemistry Lecture Series (GALS 2026) is open.

GALS website:
www.astrochemistry.de/online-course/

There you will find information about GALS, a GALS program, and a registration instruction.

METHANOL AND HYDROGEN CYANIDE TOWARDS INTERSTELLAR COMET ATLAS
Reserchers report the detection of methanol (CHOH) toward interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using the Atacama Compact Array of the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA):

arxiv.org/abs/2511.20845

NASA confirms support for delayed European Mars rover www.yahoo.com/news/article... #astrobiology

Considerations on the process of target selection for the Comet Interceptor mission Comet Interceptor is an ESA science mission with payload contributions from ESA Member States and with an international participation by JAXA. It is the first mission that is being designed, built, an...

TARGET SELECTION FOR COMET INTERCEPTOR MISSION
Researchers describe a number of factors that need to be considered in selecting a target for the mission, including scientific, orbital, spacecraft and instrument constraints, and discussion ofprioritisation strategies:

arxiv.org/abs/2511.20521

Projections of Earth's Technosphere: Strategies for Observing Technosignatures on Terrestrial Exoplanets The search for technosignatures -- remotely detectable evidence of extraterrestrial technology -- draws upon examples from the recent history of Earth as well as projections of Earth's technosphere. F...

STRATEGIES FOR OBSERVING TECHNOSIGNTURES ON TERRESTRIAL EXOPLANETS
Three researches draw upon a recently developed set of ten self-consistent scenarios for future Earth technospheres as analogs for extraterrestrial technospheres:
arxiv.org/abs/2511.20329

Projections of Earth's Technosphere: Strategies for Observing Technosignatures on Terrestrial Exoplanets The search for technosignatures -- remotely detectable evidence of extraterrestrial technology -- draws upon examples from the recent history of Earth as well as projections of Earth's technosphere. F...

STRATEGIES FOR OBSERVING TECHNOSIGNTURES ON TERRESTRIAL EXOPLANETS
Three researches draw upon a recently developed set of ten self-consistent scenarios for future Earth technospheres as analogs for extraterrestrial technospheres:
arxiv.org/abs/2511.20329

TWO WARM EARTH-SIZE EXOPLANETS DISCOVERED
Researcher including people from the EAI institutionUniversity of Liège report the discovery of two “warm” exoplanets orbiting a very tight pair of small, cool stars called TOI-2267.
Read the whole story at: arxiv.org/pdf/2508.14176

KARSTIC CAVES ON MARS
A new study investigates eight skylight features in Hebrus Valles as the first potential karstic cave candidates on Mars. A 3D reconstruction from morphological data of cavity geometry is consistent with its being karstic:

lnkd.in/dzDar2Mf

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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION OPEN FOR ABSCICON

Abstract submissions for AbSciCon 2026 are now open! The deadline to submit an abstract is 14 January 2026, 23:59 EST/03:59 UTC. You can submit an abstract at:

agu.confex.com/agu/abscicon...

You can find the main AbSciCon page

www.agu.org/abscicon

Endogenic heat at Enceladus’ north pole Unique observational evidence of heat from the warm ocean conducted through the water ice shell is found at Enceladus’ north pole.

ENCELADUS'S OCEAN WARMER THAN EXPECTED
In a paper in Science, www.science.org/doi/full/10.... show that the north pole also emits heat at a greater rate than can be explained by purely passive models.

NOT ALL SUB-NEPTUNE EXOPLAMEST HAVE MAGMA OCEANS
Researchers used internal structure modeling of surface conditions within the sub-Neptune population across a range of parameters. They find that a significant portion of the population may lack magma oceans: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...

Radical Isomerization upon Dissociative Electron Ionization of Anthracene and Phenanthrene Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are abundantly present in space. The grandPAH hypothesis states that small PAHs are photodissociated, while large symmetric PAHs survive the harsh environments ...

NEW INSIGHTS ON THE FORMATIONS OF BUCKMINSTERFULLERENES IN SPACE

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

THE MOLECULAR INVENTORY of TAURUS MOLECULAR CLOUD (TMC-1) WITH GOTHAM OBSERVATIONS
Spectral line surveys of the TMC-1 cloud have led to the detection of more than 100 new molecular species, making it the most prolific source of interstellar molecular discoveries.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...

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NEXT SPACE HUMANITIES SEMINAR
The next Space Humanities Seminar will be on Thursday 30th October at 15-17 CET:

Christopher Cowie, University of Durham
"Knowledge via Eliminative Abduction in the Search for Extraterrestrial Life”

The seminar will take place via Zoom:
lu-se.zoom.us/j/67859990151

The design and reconstructible history of the Mayan eclipse table of the Dresden Codex Mayan calendar specialists anticipated solar eclipses by correlating their occurrences with dates in their 260-day calendar.

MAYAN METHOD TO PREDICT ECLIPSES

A paper in Science Advances

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

explores how ancient Mayan calendar specialists designed a predictive eclipse table, revising a century of interpretation.

The RED school will take place in Le Teich (33) from March 15th to 21st, 2026. Its objective is to offer an interdisciplinary training in astrobiology to students and young scientists.

Registration for the 2026 edition is now open until December 14, 2025: red-astrobiology.fr

The EGU General Assembly will take place from 3 -8 May 2026. There are several astrobiology-related sessions.

Please consider submitting an abstract to these sessions. Abstract submission will start on 22 October. Check out the session titles at:

meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...

MACHINE LEARNING IN ASTROBIOLOGY

Read more at: arxiv.org/pdf/2510.08636

Astrobiology Early Career Collaboration Award Application - NASA Science To apply for an Astrobiology Early Career Collaboration Award, please follow both steps below by October 15, 2025.

science.nasa.gov/astrobiology...

THE INTERSTELLAR HERITAGE OF COMETS
Comets have similar compositions to interstellar medium ices, suggesting at least some of their molecules maybe inherited from them. To investigate this, researchers have compared the composition of comets to that of a protostellar region: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.20530

EXPLORING SUB_NEPTUNES WITH JWST
Researchers surveyed JWST observations and atmospheric inferences of sub-Neptunes, which provide key insights into their atmospheric processes, internal structures, surface conditions, formation pathways and potential habitability.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.19247

🎬 BEACON 2025 Aftermovie is here! 🌍✨

Catch the highlights from the conference in Reykjavík; keynotes, posters, outreach events, and Icelandic excursions.

📺 Watch now: youtu.be/sI6hlAquCHk?...
🔗 See more and explore the gallery: europeanastrobiology.eu/beacon25-ret...

Who am I going to see in Iceland this summer?!?! 👽💙

Oh wow, this sounds amazing!

🚀 BEACON 2025 registration is LIVE! 🌍✨

Join us 1–5 July 2025 in Reykjavik, Iceland for the Biennial European Astrobiology Conference!

⏳ Abstract deadline: 15 Feb 2025
🎟️ Register now: t.ly/anWQB

#BEACON2025 #Astrobiology

SUMMER SCHOOL: TRACES OF EARLY LIFE
Join the European Astrobiology Institute’s “Traces of Early Life” Summer School, held from 3rd to 13th June 2025, at the Stirling University in Scotland.
europeanastrobiology.eu/summer-schoo...
Application deadline is 1 March 2025!

Harpa tónlistar- og ráðstefnuhús Harpa er eitt helsta kennileiti Reykjavíkur og er miðstöð menningar og mannlífs í hjarta miðborgarinnar, þar sem hún stendur tignarleg við hafnarbakkann.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE BIENNIAL EUROPEAN ASTROBIOLOGY CONFERENCE (BEACON) IN ICELAND (1-5 July 2025)
Please see the conference website europeanastrobiology.eu/beacon-25-ho... for further information and abstract submission.

In May, the next EAI Summer School will take place in beautiful Florence.

Check your calendars for the 20th to 24th of May!

Registration will open soon!
florenceastrobio.wixsite.com/school

Have you already seen our upcoming events for 2024?

Here is the link to an overview of our summerschools and workshops:
europeanastrobiology.eu/eai-upcoming...

Illustration of the Trappist-1 system. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Atmospheres in the TRAPPIST-1 System Should be Long Gone

Imagine exploring a system of life-rich worlds within easy traveling distance of each other. It’s a wonderful dream, but as a new study shows it isn’t likely that life exists in the system.

astrobiology.arizona.edu/news/atmosph...