Ocean Worlds Astrobiology

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2026PubMedDirectly related

Habitability and exchange processes on the Jovian moons: implications for planetary protection measures.

Tobie G; Coustenis A; Boutonnet A; Doran P; Schmidt B; Grasset O

Jan 1, 2026Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences

2026PubMedDirectly related

The Abiotic Background: Challenges and Opportunities in the Search for Evidence of Life Beyond Earth.

Davila A; Hoehler T; Shkolyar S; Nuevo M; Rogers K; Barge LM; Bouquet A; Buffo J; Burton A; Cable M; Cleaves Ii HJ; Czaja AD; Danger G; Frenkel-Pinter M; German C; Getty S; Glein C; Graham H; Hand K; Hörst S; Johnson-Finn K; Kang W; Krishnamurthy R; MacKenzie S; Noell A; Postberg F; Rios A; Seewald J; Lollar BS; Steele A; Sugiyama I; and the Workshop Participants

Jan 1, 2026Astrobiology

2026PubMedDirectly related

Proto-Biosignatures and Planetary Geochemical Metabolism: A Thermodynamic Screening Model of Prebiotic Geochemical Organization.

Spoto SE

Jan 1, 2026Life (Basel, Switzerland)

2026PubMedDirectly related

Probing the habitability of potential sulfuric acid rich subsurface lakes in Europa's ice shell via Saci/STIV integrated models.

Saggio D; Phung CL; Bravo M; Corcoran TC; Snyder JC; Stieber SCE

Jan 1, 2026Frontiers in microbiology

2026PubMedSupporting evidence

Plasma and Thermal Processing Leading to Latitudinal and Temporal Variability of the Trapped O(2) at Europa and Ganymede.

Oza AV; Johnson RE; Schmidt CA; Calvin WM; Yung YL

Jan 1, 2026Astrobiology

2025arXivDirectly related

On the Divergent Evolution of Io and Europa as Primordial Ocean Worlds

Yannis Bennacer; Olivier Mousis; Vincent Hue

Dec 18, 2025

2025CrossrefDirectly related2 citations

Europa’s ocean: potential for extraterrestrial chemoautotrophy

Emory G. Barrett; Richard A. Lutz

Oct 24, 2025Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

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The Many Fates of Pluto's Subsurface Ocean

Julia Miller; Elodie Lesage; Samuel Howell; Samuel Birch

Sep 1, 2025Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

2024OpenAlexDirectly related3 citations

Icy ocean worlds - astrobiology research in Germany

Fabian Klenner; Mickaël Baqué; Kristina Beblo‐Vranesevic; Janine Bönigk; Marc S. Boxberg; Bernd Dachwald; Ilya Digel; Andreas Elsaesser; Clemens Espe; O. Funke; Ernst Hauber; D. Heinen; Florence Hofmann; Lucía Hortal Sánchez; Nozair Khawaja; Maryse Napoleoni; Ana‐Catalina Plesa; Frank Postberg; Autun Purser; Tina Rückriemen‐Bez; Susanne Schröder; Dirk Schulze‐Makuch; Stephan Ulamec; Jean‐Pierre de Vera

Aug 14, 2024Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

2024OpenAlexSupporting evidence43 citations

Geophysical Characterization of the Interiors of Ganymede, Callisto and Europa by ESA’s JUpiter ICy moons Explorer

Tim Van Hoolst; G. Tobie; C. Vallat; N. Altobelli; Lorenzo Bruzzone; Hao Cao; Dominic Dirkx; Antonio Genova; Hauke Hußmann; L. Iess; Jun Kimura; K. K. Khurana; Alice Lucchetti; Giuseppe Mitri; W. B. Moore; Joachim Saur; Alexander Stark; Audrey Vorburger; M. A. Wieczorek; Alessio Aboudan; Jan Bergman; Francesca Bovolo; D. Breuer; Paolo Cappuccio; Leonardo Carrer; Baptiste Cecconi; G. Choblet; Fabrizio De Marchi; Marie Fayolle; A. Fienga; Yoshifumi Futaana; Ernst Hauber; W. Kofman; Atsushi Kumamoto; V. Lainey; Philippa Molyneux; O. Mousis; J. Plaut; W. Puccio; K. D. Retherford; Lorenz Roth; Benoît Seignovert; Gregor Steinbrügge; Sanchari Thakur; Paolo Tortora; F. Tosi; Marco Zannoni; S. Barabash; M. K. Dougherty; G. R. Gladstone; Leonid Gurvits; P. Hartogh; P. Palumbo; F. Poulet; Jan‐Erik Wahlund; Olivier Grasset; Olivier Witasse

Jul 11, 2024Space Science Reviews

2024OpenAlexDirectly related9 citations

Enceladus: Astrobiology Revisited

Alfonso F. Dávila; J. L. Eigenbrode

Apr 25, 2024Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

2024CrossrefDirectly related5 citations

Ice‐Ocean Interactions on Ocean Worlds Influence Ice Shell Topography

J. D. Lawrence; B. E. Schmidt; J. J. Buffo; P. M. Washam; C. Chivers; S. Miller

Feb 1, 2024Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets