$5M award aids search for a ‘recipe’ for habitable worlds
Researchers will trace the volatile elements that form the atmospheres of planets, establishing a scientific foundation for detecting the signatures of life on other worlds.
UH researcher solves mystery of glacial floods
Mystery floods that emerge suddenly from glaciers or ice caps were serendipitously solved by a team led by a UH Mānoa researcher.
Exploring biofilms and the search for life on Mars
Rebecca Prescott, a UH Manoa microbiology student who recently received her PhD, has won a prestigious National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship award for her project.
Researching island lava as an analog for the Red Planet
UH Hilo student Nicolette Thomas looks at organisms that first arrive on lava flows to set an upper limit on biomass expectations for scientists searching for life on Mars.
UH astronomer to head international astronomical division on planetary science and astrobiology
Nader Haghighipour, an astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy, has been elected president of Division F (planetary systems and astrobiology) of the International Astronomical Union.
Key building block of life may have come from deep space
UH Mānoa researchers provide compelling evidence that glycerol may have occurred in space more than 4 billion years ago.
