Keith Cowing

Fungal contamination poses a growing threat to spacecraft integrity, crew health, and planetary protection efforts.

[The Planetary Science Journal] The Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer revealed the presence of a benzene (C H ) ice cloud in Titan's autumn

[MIT] When exploring solar system bodies for signs of past or present life, scientists have mainly focused on planets that have (or had) a liquid surface similar to Earth's. However, mounting evidence suggests that the ingredients for life may exist in a very different environment: the highly acidic clouds that blanket Venus.

[astro-ph.EP] As part of JWST's Exoplanet Grand Tour Survey, we use panchromatic transmission spectroscopy to connect HAT-P-1 b's previously studied optical and near-infrared atmosphere to the longer-wavelength molecular bands accessible with JWST.

[CU Boulder] Scientists have often wondered about species that are unique to Antarctica. But the focus has mainly been on animals, like cute feathery penguins. But CIRES researchers wanted to dig deeper — into the soils — believing tiny microscopic organisms could be unique to the continent, too.

[astro-ph.EP]. Most lunar surface conditions are incredibly harsh for microbial survival.

We report on the goals, design, and ongoing development of the Netherlands EXoplanet Testbed (NEXT), a high-contrast imaging testbed under construction in Leiden.

We provide a quantification of the technological gap between the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) for the goal of exo-Earth imaging around Sun-like stars at the 10

A planet's interior structure not only influences its habitability, but it also provides information about the planet's formation and history.

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