Anyone have a list of NASA / NASA-CRO cleanrooms used for samples?

Even if they aren't of themselves alive, I imagine an extreme form of natural selection would take place, where only the most stable molecules survive and end up further surviving a trip to for example Earth. Does that 'space selection' process have a name?

I'm sorry if this is a layman question, I'm still just a high school student. I want to study chemistry soon.

How do I become an astrobiologist ?

Just curious how similar in thinking extraterrestrial life would have to be, to allow them to travel outside their own solar system at any reasonable rate.

This is predicated on the theory that our laws of physics largely hold true across the universe. To even escape a planet's gravity would require at least some form of massive chemical / physical energy (at least from the understanding of this humble human reference point). And to contain that energy and create some sort of controlled living environment for the aliens, you'd need some advanced understanding of manufacturing and material science, not to mention mastering their own biology. For navigation and communication, you'd need understanding of gravitation and relativity if you're travelling at any respectable speed. Etc, etc... To have mastery of so many fields, would convergent evolution lead alien brains to develop in ways that are similar to our own? At least if they want to leave the confines of their own planet?

Yes, I suppose alien life could accidentally get shot up into orbit from some giant volcano or asteroid impact, or their planet could fall into a wormhole and drop into NYC, but those would be unfair shortcuts that wouldn't really require thinking and building.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01418-0

Recently, I've read a handbook of astrobiology by Vera Kolb. I am not familiar much with astrobiology as a discipline but from what I saw in this handbook, it relies completely on geology and maybe heliophysics since it constantly mentions HR diagrams, star formation and decay. Only the last 300 pages of this book were dedicated to actual extraterrestrial and exoplanetary exploration which made me think about the question: what is the primate of research in astrobiology? Vera Kolb also mentioned it as an interdisciplinary science which makes it multi-sided and you cannot determine what it does but I am curious, how can astrobiology exists if we haven't got any definition for life but we are constantly putting it in geo-definiendum? How do you operate with this?

I would kindly appreciate the answer. Thank you!

"We must reach far beyond our own lifespans. We must think not as individuals but as a species. We must confront the reality of interstellar travel" - #Interstellar

https://astrobiology.com/2024/05/talking-interstellar-six-deep-space-network-antennas-in-madrid-arrayed-for-the-first-time.html #Astrobiology

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https://astrobiology.com/2024/05/webb-telescope-probably-didnt-find-life-on-an-exoplanet-yet.html #astrobiology #JWST #exoplanet #biosignature #AbSciCon24 #AbSciCon

https://astrobiology.com/2024/05/a-weak-magnetic-field-may-have-supported-the-diversification-of-life-on-earth.html #astrobiology #evolution #AbSciCon24 #AbSciCon

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https://astrobiology.com/2024/05/jwst-nircam-detection-of-the-fomalhaut-c-debris-disk-in-scattered-light.html

https://astrobiology.com/2024/05/offworld-botany-online-dataset-access-for-plants-grown-in-lunar-regolith.html

Please someone help

I'm interested in transitioning from an industry biotech job to pursuing a PhD in astrobiology. Doing some research on top programs and people to talk to. Any recommendations?

Given that my skillset is very biology heavy, I figure I'm best qualified for studying analogues on earth (extremophiles, etc.) rather than spectroscopy/astronomy kinda stuff, but I'm open to pretty much anything

Especially interested in studying life on Europa, but also love the more far-reaching hypothetical "what is life" kinda questions :)

According to the Description of r/Astrobiology, this subreddit is for submissions directly relevant to the study of life in the universe. It is also intended as a space for Astrobiologists and enthusiasts to come together and share ideas and discussion.

Today I wanted to discuss how the field of Astrobiology may be deliberately stagnated to some degree, as the study of life in the universe has greatly surpassed what is publicly available within academia & the scientific community.

Now, I want to tread very carefully here as I fully understand this is a highly sensitive subject matter. However, it is an extremely important one, and it deserves to be taken seriously, especially in this community. This subject matter has been the target of known deliberate policies of disinformation, stigmatization, obfuscation, and ridicule that have gone on to persist for more than 80 years. It is the most highly classified and sensitive subject matter in US history, and is even a bigger national security matter than nuclear weapons. The media, academia/the scientific community, the military/national security state, and world governments are all complicit in this cover-up to some degree. So consider this context, and hear me out..

9 months ago, a former intelligence officer blew the whistle on this subject. Soon after, he then testified before Congress allegations of the US being complicit in actively covering-up the existence and knowledge of non-human biology & technology, their presence on Earth, as well the notion that we have recovered some of these non-human derived craft, biologics, and have been covertly reverse-engineering them for decades He testified with 2 Navy fighter jet pilots who each had their own respective encounters with these unknown craft while flying on duty. They even have additional pilots and radar personnel who were witnesses to each case to back them up. Here is that Congressional Hearing.

Shortly after this, the Senate Majority Leader proposed a 65-page amendment calling for the full transparent disclosure of this world changing information. It was received unanimously in the House and it had full bi-partisan support.

Everyone should read this Amendment.

It also describes how The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is one of the primary laws used to justify the extreme levels of classification & secrecy surrounding any evidence or even acknowledgment of any materials, biologics, and data of non-human origin--by defining them under overly broad terms like "Special Nuclear Material" that can just be easily twisted to justify the inclusion of anything that emits radiation or is related to it, thus making it free from any congressional oversight or accountability. Some presidents may not even have this level of access or "need to know," as the whistle-blower had mentioned.

The amendment goes on to describe how these top classified programs (Crash Retrievals/Reverse-engineering) are primarily managed and overseen by certain individuals and private aerospace companies, such as Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman/Raytheon, and how they're congressionally waived, unacknowledged programs. The whistle-blower argues that by keeping all this information a top secret, it is a major human rights violation, as well as being both unlawful & unconstitutional. They're essentially keeping fundamental aspects of nature a secret, as well as potentially clean energy sources. We've had knowledge and direct evidence of Astrobiology & non-human intelligences this entire time, perhaps for decades.

That former intelligence officer that blew the whistle on this issue and sparked that Disclosure Amendment, co-founded this organization with Nobel Prize nominee and Stanford immunologist Dr. Gary Nolan. It's a research institute that funds and guides scientific research. It produces policy and advisory research aimed at addressing this Disclosure issue as well as preparing society for its massive social implications.

In November 2023, they held this historic symposium presented by Nolan Laboratory and the Stanford School of Medicine at Stanford University. The symposium convened an unparalleled meeting of leading voices from academia, government and industry to collectively drive forward a new academic legitimacy to this subject matter that is UAP.

This is their YouTube channel

Their videos encompass various talks from across a two-day event, addressing the science of UAP, the potential societal impact, and considering the necessary steps to enable responsible sharing of any information held on the topic. Their release reiterates the message of increased transparency and disclosure surrounding this subject.

Here are some of the speakers who attended and their presentations:

Dr Kevin Knuth on the Physics of UAP (I got banned from r/Physics and r/AskPhysics for linking these videos lol its pretty dumb)

Gary Nolan, Ph.D. on the Material Science of UAP

Peter Skafish, Ph.D. on Anthropomorphism and Ontology of Non-Human Intelligences

Avi Loeb, Ph.D. on the New Frontier of Interstellar Objects

Beatriz Villarroel, Ph.D. on Multiple Transients and the Search for ET Probes

Iya Whitley, Ph.D. on Trusting and Learning from Pilots

As you can see, this subject matter is so vast that it involves not only Astrobiology, but multiple fields and organizations, departments and governments.

There's a lot more there, but if you'd rather read, there's also the Sol Foundation White Papers

Common Questions: Why would the government ever disclose such a thing? So what happened to the Amendment? Do you really believe they wouldn't lie to us?

Answers: The Amendment was ultimately blocked in December despite having rare bi-partisan support. The same senior congressional individuals named within the Disclosure Amendment to oversee these top classified programs were ultimately the same individuals that blocked it. The bil is going to be re-submitted again this year.

This is the US Government's official stance on this issue as of March 2024. Their official stance is that none of this is true. This is an official report of Denial & Misinformation, described as a "masterclass of scientific fraud" by a Harvard civil rights attorney. Keep in mind, NASA parrots this narrative.

Here's Bill Nelson, the head of NASA, outright lying to our faces when asked about Non-human Intelligences during a Live UAP conference in September 2023

They're outright lying about it.

Anyways, here is the official rebuttal to that disingenuous Report, it's a complete breakdown of the document and how it is seriously flawed. It was written by a guy who spent nearly 20 years in the U.S. Intelligence Community, including serving as the Minority Staff Director of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.

If you folks feel the desire to get involved in some type of way, you can reach out to your political representatives to demand more transparency and full disclosure right here. It's a good resource.

Some great books on this subject that I have read and highly recommend are:

-UFOs and the National Security State by Richard Dolan

-In Plain Sight by Ross Coulthart

-The Missing Times by Terry Hansen

-After Disclosure by Richard Dolan and Bryce Zabel

Thanks for reading, folks. Save the thread. Don't crucify me like the Catholic Church during the Copernican Revolution lol

We're at the cusp of an entire new Scientific Revolution (including a gold mine into Astrobiology).

Hey guys,

I'm having a hard time finding astrobiology podcasts and I really enjoy that format. Can you recommend any? (Preferably on spotify)

I've read a lot about plans for JWST and future space telescopes to look for biosignatures on exoplanets, but is there any observation any existing or planned telescope could ever make that would be incontrovertible evidence of life? Given that the scientific consensus is "it's never aliens unless there's no other explanation, and even then it's not aliens", I just find it hard to imagine that anything short of directly photographing a live specimen (or a technosignature, but that is not what I'm talking about here) being accepted as proof of aliens.

I have this OC/doodle alien worm that lives in a salty ocean, it has bioluminescent blue algae which sticks to the metal the worm produces like a scalyfoot snail, the planet is extremely large and a water world can somoene draw a simple sketch or explain to me what a worm like this would look like